Haverhill police agree to wear bodycams, 6 months after death of man restrained by officers
Haverhill police officers will soon begin wearing body cameras on duty.
The city council approved the agreement with the police union Tuesday night.
The move came six months after a Haverhill man died after a struggle with police officers.
Several officers were placed on administrative leave in the wake of Francis Gigliotti’s death; they were responding to a call of a man acting erratic.
Surveillance video showed him running in and out of traffic.
Gigliotti’s death was ruled a homicide, attributed to an abnormal heartbeat caused by cocaine and efforts by police to restrain him.
