{"id":18231,"date":"2014-11-10T09:05:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=18231"},"modified":"2014-11-10T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:34:59","slug":"after-violent-incident-in-saratoga-county-should-police-film-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2014\/11\/10\/after-violent-incident-in-saratoga-county-should-police-film-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"After violent incident in Saratoga County, should police film everything?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A gun, a badge, and a camera? Should this be standard police issue?<\/p><\/div>\n

This week, another video went viral showing a police officer allegedly physically assaulting a member of the public, this time in our backyard in Saratoga County.<\/p>\n

An officer, since identified as Saratoga County Sheriff Sgt. Shawn R. Glans, age 48, was a 27-year veteran.\u00a0 He was suspended after the video surfaced.<\/p>\n

In the tape, Glans is shown demanding permission to search a young man’s car without a search warrant.\u00a0 The young man declines — as is his right — and Glans, unaware that he is being videotaped, can be heard striking the member of the public.<\/p>\n

He then seizes the keys and tells another officer to go forward with the search.<\/p>\n

Glans, speaking to another civilian at the scene, can be heard threatening more violence:\u00a0 “I can get a lot more intense.\u00a0 Rip your $*%&$ head off and $*$& down your neck,” he warns.<\/p>\n