The headline in The Columbian says “Clark County voters rejecting body cameras measure” (The Columbian, Nov. 2). I don’t think that’s correct. Voters rejected a tax increase that most people did not know was meant to fund body cameras. Even people who try to follow politics closely were confused by the ballot proposition description (I count myself among them; I did vote for it, but it wasn’t easy to find out what it was for).
This was not a referendum on whether we want body cameras, as much as some will try to spin it that way. I’m sorry the county councilors tried to get the funding this way, but, of course, I think some of them wanted it to fail. The sheriff’s office needs to be using body cameras. The county needs to fund it.
