Eyewitness News (AP)
...Opponents of the new timetable were quick to criticize it.
"The NYPD decision today seems extremely premature," said Darius Charney, a senior staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights and an attorney in a landmark court case in which a federal judge ruled in 2013 that the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program was unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.
In a statement Tuesday, Charney questioned why the city was "rushing" to provide the cameras while a court-ordered evaluation of police practices is pending.
"There is no data or analysis yet on whether the cameras are improving officer behavior or the quality of police-civilian interactions," Charney said. ...