This is outrageous. On September 10, 22-year-old Darrien Hunt was shot in the back six times and killed by police in Saratoga Springs, Utah. The officer who shot Hunt has just admitted, according to a
Salt Lake Tribune article, that he was wearing a body camera at the scene of the shooting,
but claims that it was turned off:
The attorney representing the family of 22-year-old Darrien Hunt — who was shot and killed in Sept. 10 by two Saratoga Springs police officers — on Friday released new police reports indicating that one of the officers was wearing a body camera. But the camera apparently was not turned on at the time.
Deputy Utah County Attorney Tim Taylor said in September that he was not aware of any body camera footage submitted to his office as part of the investigation into the shooting.
And Police Chief Andrew Burton said at the time he did not know whether either of the officers was wearing one of the few cameras that the department has been experimenting with this year.
Burton was not immediately available for comment on Friday. But city spokesman Owen Jackson said it was his "understanding" that the camera was not turned on at the time of the shooting.