Rochester City Council will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 23, on the pending police body-camera program. Meetings will be held throughout November and one on December 3.
Tonight’s meeting is at the Edgerton center, 41 Backus Street
The purpose of the meetings is to get public input on the pending program. Participants will break off into tabletop work sessions where they will consider: When will the cameras be on and off? Can citizens opt-out of being recorded? Who can see the footage? And, how long will the footage be saved?
There will also be a display of different kinds of body cameras.
The city wants to phase-in the program by the end of June, 2016. BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN
The Rochester People’s Climate Coalition will hold a march through downtown Rochester on November 29, the day before crucial United Nations climate treaty talks begin in Paris. The march starts at 1 p.m. at St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Episcopal Church, 17 South Fitzhugh Street.
Groups in dozens of cities across the world are holding similar marches that day. They want to show the world leaders gathered in Paris that the people they represent support meaningful international action on climate change.
At the Paris summit, world leaders will discuss goals for carbon emissions reductions, as well as programs to help developing nations cope with the effects of climate change. The summit starts on November 30. BY JEREMY MOULE
This article appears in Nov 18-24, 2015.
“Can citizens opt-out of being recorded?”
I hope the answer to this is “absolutely not”. Accountability is a two way street.
Rochester’s March for Global Climate Action | Nov. 29th at 1: PM downtown Rochester
On November 29th, the eve of the 21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change, concerned Rochesterians will take to the streets to demand global action on climate change. Rochester’s March for Global Climate Action is one of thousands of events being planned worldwide to urge global leaders to achieve a universal, legally-binding agreement that will limit temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius.
Citing the heightened security situation in Paris, the French government is prohibiting the Global Climate March planned in Paris for 29 November. While this tragedy makes it difficult to go forward with the original plans for a massive march in Paris, we will still find a way for people in Paris to make the call for climate justice heard.
There has never been a greater need for Global Climate Marches throughout the rest of the world, and they will continue as planned. Love will win out over fear, and our movement will win over injustice. We encourage everyone around the world to join a Global Climate March and raise their voices louder than ever.
To further highlight the need for action on climate, the 57 businesses, churches, political offices, environmental groups, and other non-profits that make up the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition (RPCC) have organized a series of events and initiatives that will span the duration of the Paris Climate Conference, providing a wide range of opportunities for local residents to take part in the fight against climate change. The project’s title, Twelve Days of Climate: Paris Talks, We Act, illustrates RPCC’s commitment to doing what it takes to make a difference. Though we have high hopes for the success of the Paris Climate Conference, we will not wait for someone else to solve this problem for us. Change is possible, but we must do our part to ensure a brighter future for all.
For more information about the November 29th march and Twelve Days of Climate project, visit RochesterPeoplesClimateCoalition.org.
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