Multifunction Security Should Police Officers Wear Body Cameras High Resolution

Multifunction Security Should Police Officers Wear Body Cameras High Resolution

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We're against pervasive government surveillance, but when cameras primarily serve the function of allowing public monitoring of the government instead of the other way around, we generally support

their use. While we have opposed government video surveillance of public places, for example, we

have supported the installation of video cameras on police car dashboards, in prisons, and during interrogations.

At the same time, body cameras have more of a potential to invade privacy than those deployments. Police officers enter people's homes and encounter bystanders, suspects, and victims in a wide variety of sometimes stressful and extreme situations.

Among police executives whose departments use body-worn cameras, there is an overall perception that the cameras are a useful tool. These reported benefits include the following:

• Strengthening police accountability by documenting incidents and encounters between officers and the public
• Preventing confrontational situations by improving officer professionalism and the behavior of people being recorded
• Resolving officer-involved incidents and complaints by providing a more accurate record of events
• Improving agency transparency by allowing the public to see video evidence of police activities and encounters
• Identifying and correcting internal agency problems by revealing officers who engage in misconduct and agency-wide problems
• Strengthening officer performance by using footage for officer training and monitoring
• Improving evidence documentation for investigations and prosecutions

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