Body cams helping solve cases at Monterey Airport since 2012

eventually like to sort things out with him. barrera says he was holding a pole in one hand and steadying himself on the fence with the other hand. the neighbors said they felt intimidated by his actions. so as investigation continues. barrera says he wants to be judged as an individual, not with any other council member. a missing watsonville farmer last seen on march 30th has been found alive. according to the santa cruz county sheriff’s office, 66 year old ivan goich was found today near holohan road and highway 152 in watsonville. a resident called the sheriff’s office after noticing a suspicious car on holohan road with a man sleeping inside who looked like goich. when deputies arrived goich was gone.. but after a two hour search of the area, a k-9 unit found goich about a half mile away. deputies say he was in good shape, but he was taken to dominican hospital for evaluation. in less than 24 hours salinas will get an update on the body cameras the police department has been testing for officers. tonight news channel five’s brandon castillo found another law enforcement agency in monterey who’s been using the cameras for years. brandon joins us live in monterey with how officers at the monterey regional airport are keep you safe… brandon? im outside the monterey regional airport where officers here say the body cameras have come in handy when solving cases. pkg: damon hickerson has been with the monterey airport police department for 12 years and says he was all for getting the body cameras in 2012. damon hickerson- monterey airport police officer “i had a witness and a victim of a crime come to me and by turning on my camera and getting those first statements it helped later on in the case.”the monterey regional airport has 11 thousand flights carrying 400 thousand passengers per year. standup: “flights to and from vegas are the busiest times for monterey police here at the airport and they say that’s when the body cameras come in handy the most.”the airport’s chief of police, jeff hoyne says body cameras are an excellent component to solving a case but its just one component. chief jeff hoyne-monterey regional airport police”body cameras give one perspective of an incident. they give a particular snapshot in time they don’t show before or after that camera