Criminal justice program to hold panel discussion on body cameras

The criminal justice program will host a panel discussion Thursday about body cameras and policing.

The program will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall and is free and open to the public.

Those taking part in the discussion, which will be moderated by Dr. Tony Gaskew, professor of criminal justice, are Stephanie Vettenberg-Shaffer, McKean County District Attorney; Phil Claybaugh, McKean County Chief Public Defender; Mike Ward, Bradford City Police Assistant Chief, and criminal justice students Malcolm Hardie of Upper Darby, Samantha Kirchner of Guys Mills and Je'Tiah Foster of Kingston.

The program is being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Justice Robert H. Jackson and the Robert H. Jackson Center inns of court.

The American Inns of Court are designed to improve the skills and professionalism of members of the bench and bar. The Robert H. Jackson inns are named for Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, who was architect of the international trial process and then chief prosecutor of the surviving Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, Germany. Jackson grew up in Frewsburg, N.Y., and spent 25 years in nearby Jamestown, N.Y., practicing law.