Boston City Council votes to press police on body camera transparency after Roxbury shooting

BOSTON — March 25, 2026 — Boston City Council votes 9-3 to press police for body camera access following Roxbury shooting death. The council adopted a resolution March 25 calling on the Boston Police Department to update body camera and dashboard camera release protocols to provide "timely access for oversight entities following police-involved shootings, mass shootings, and major events," spurred by the March 11 shooting death of Stevenson King. Co-sponsors Councillors Brian Culpepper and Ricardo Worrell said more than a week after the incident they had still not been shown the footage, with Worrell warning that "when footage is not released, the burden shifts to the eyewitness." Councillors Fitzgerald, Flynn, and Murphy voted no, citing collective bargaining questions and concerns about voting on protocol changes before a companion hearing on existing protocols has been held. In the same session, the council rejected 3-9 a resolution by Councillors Ruthzee Mejia and Ed Flynn that would have reinforced a ban on alcohol at White Stadium and other BPS facilities, with opponents calling it legally premature given active Supreme Judicial Court proceedings; the council also unanimously approved a $1,046,178 supplemental appropriation for BPS to fund bus monitor wage increases under a United Steelworkers Local 2936 contract.