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2017-12-22 -War on Police-
The benefits of police body cams are a myth. Really.
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Posted by Fred 2017-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 yah, because knowing what actually happened is so.... counterproductive.....
Posted by Captain Grundy1029 2017-12-22 05:01||   2017-12-22 05:01|| Front Page Top

#2 The results raise an important question: If these benefits have not emerged, could the other claimed benefits of body-worn cameras -- increased transparency, accountability and trust -- also be false promises?

Or does the use of body cameras show the disproportional feral behavior of a certain community? One that is not PC to acknowledge? Just like asking other news outlets not to say the 'race' of the offender in their reports.
Posted by P2kontheroad 2017-12-22 07:50||   2017-12-22 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 At some points the common characteristics of the % of the population committing most of the crimes/violence far exceeding their demographic becomes too obvious for PC to conceal. Feral youts with unfamiliar names, anyone?
Posted by Frank G 2017-12-22 08:14||   2017-12-22 08:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Bull crap.
Posted by Woodrow 2017-12-22 08:45||   2017-12-22 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 “Allegedly committing...”
Posted by Skidmark 2017-12-22 08:50||   2017-12-22 08:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Body cams may or may not be a good thing. Haven't made my mid up yet.

The issue that will cost the states and municipalities dearly though, and create the most legal problems, will be the 'storage' and security for all those video files.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-12-22 08:58||   2017-12-22 08:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Rioters and plaintiff lawyers hardest hit.
Posted by Blackbeard Panda5713 2017-12-22 10:20||   2017-12-22 10:20|| Front Page Top

#8 The cameras have a nasty habit of malfunctioning at the critical time.
Posted by Iblis 2017-12-22 10:50||   2017-12-22 10:50|| Front Page Top

#9 To,find about police policy’s in a major US city, try reading
http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com. Here are comments from one article.

“COPA is signing complaints against officers after watching body camera videos. This is in total disregard of the general order that states officers cannot be punished for minor infractions after reviewing video footage.”
Posted by Second City Cop 2017-12-22 12:13||   2017-12-22 12:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Flyover jungle looks lush and verdant.
What you don't experience from the pictures is the roar of bugs, oppressive heat, plants and animals reaching out to slice, stick, sting or trip you, or the overwhelming stench of the garbage dump you are in.

That is the context stripped by the conflict cameras. They may help illustrate protocol compliance but they provide no sense of environment.
Posted by Skidmark 2017-12-22 18:05||   2017-12-22 18:05|| Front Page Top

#11 the body cameras have not changed officer behavior because the officers have generally been following the rules of engagement handed down by their superiors which is why they keep getting let go when the facts come out.

A body camera will accelerate that and point out who is at fault rather quickly. I have noticed an absence of riots this year.
Posted by rjschwarz 2017-12-22 19:41||   2017-12-22 19:41|| Front Page Top

#12 many were saying they did not mind them other than being something more to remember when action starts, and you are correct. It is pointing out the reality to the courtroom finally proving the real issues in communities.

People Whom are skeptical may see more "transparency" and if done right may help solidify Our Justice system and clean out fraudulent cases as well as maybe providing communities the evidence to change.
Posted by newc 2017-12-22 21:28||   2017-12-22 21:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Mullah, data storage isn't the only thing to spend money on.

Madison coughed up $400,000 for a study (done by the usual suspects) to show that body cameras were important and which found (to the shock of nobody with eyes) that the Madison police were actually pretty good on the whole, and had much more liberal policies than most places in the country.

The police chief was chewed out for complaining that the money might have been spent on a few more officers (badly needed), or even for some of those cameras.

But, first things first. The grievance industry must get its share.
Posted by james  2017-12-22 22:53|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com  2017-12-22 22:53|| Front Page Top

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