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Officer fears backlash over UMass recording lawsuit

Cameras taped audio in station

By Travis Andersen

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 24, 2012

A University of Massachusetts Amherst police officer who sued the university said yesterday that he fears retaliation for speaking out after learning that cameras inside the campus police station could secretly record officers’ conversations. “I’m still afraid of what might happen,’’ Officer Mark Shlosser said yesterday in an interview. “But when you see something to me that’s as obvious as this, it’s comparable to seeing a crime committed in your presence and not doing anything about it.’’

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