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On 15 January 2016, the web site LawOfficer.com published a explained that the organization was concerned with individual privacy during planned, peaceful inauguration protests:
Those cameras shouldn't be on. The police shouldn't be allowed to surveil first amendment activity. Our concern around the availability of body cameras, what is done with that data, who
looks at that data, what that data is used for?
It appeared that Hopkins-Maxwell's appearance in the news outlet's 12 January 2017 segment was interpreted by LawOfficer.com as an "ACLU demand." But as the ACLU clarified, Hopkins-Maxwell
was explaining the organization's position on body camera use during First Amendment-related activity, and was not requesting that any new actions be taken.
Segraves, Mark. "Why DC Police Body Cameras Will Be Off As Officers Monitor Inauguration Protests." WRC-TV. 12 January 2017.
Stanley, Jay. "Why Are DC Police Keeping Their Body Cameras Off During Inauguration And The Women's March?." ACLU: Free Future. 17 January 2017.
Metropolitan Police Department. "Body-Worn Camera Program Regulations Amendment Act Of 2015." 21 October 2015.
