Baltimore Cop Caught on Bodycam Planting Drugs at Crime Scene

Baltimore police and prosecutors have launched investigations after being alerted to body camera footage that the public defender's office says shows an officer planting drugs. The footage is from a January drug arrest. It shows an officer placing a soup can, which holds a plastic bag, into a trash strewn lot. The officer can then be seen walking to the street, where he flips on his body camera. "I'm gonna go check here," the officer says. He returns to the lot and picks up the soup can, removing a plastic bag filled with white capsules. Police cameras have a feature that saves the 30 seconds of video prior to activation, but without audio. When the officer is first in the alley, there is no audio until 30 seconds later. "We take allegations like this very seriously and that's why we launched an internal investigation into the accusations," said Police Department spokesman T.J. Smith. "We are fortunate to have body worn cameras which provide a perspective of the event.”