For Assemblyman Paul Moriarty, putting video cameras in new police cars became personal two years ago when he was arrested for drunken driving and video from a camera mounted on a cruiser helped get the charges dropped and his name cleared.
Since May, both chambers of the Legislature have overwhelmingly adopted his bill to require the cameras in newly acquired police vehicles.
If Republican Gov. Chris Christie doesn’t veto the measure by Aug. 11, it becomes law.
