Slap:
There is something I just thought of when I read your post. Do you think some the the less thoughtful guys might do some grandstanding for their head cameras they might not otherwise do?
Slap:
There is something I just thought of when I read your post. Do you think some the the less thoughtful guys might do some grandstanding for their head cameras they might not otherwise do?
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again." Gen. Nathanael Greene
I had to operate in a 360 surveilance environment. Guys would grandstand and idiots would idioate. All on film. CIs shutdown. The footage from non related times would be used to embarrass. Scratch your crotch, pick your nose, it was all there on film ready to be edited into a story that didn't happen.
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http://de.scribd.com/doc/130767873/S...e-use-of-force
used camera: http://www.taser.com/flex
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The use of body-worn cameras is spreading, although with some resistance and taken from a BBC News report the rationale:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25024204Incidents can be subject to interpretation whereas with the cameras we've got that real view of what actually did happen.
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With Obama's Support, Police Body Cameras Could Become the New Normal
I'm curious what impact this will have on citiziens (especially of certain backgrounds), law enforcement officers and the society in general. We are now talking about considerable numbers.For people who support putting cameras on cops, this is a very big deal. The White House plan is intended to outfit 50,000 officers with cameras, which would almost double the number of cameras in use in the country. There are currently two major U.S. companies selling body cameras: Vievu, which has sold more than 40,000 cameras to 3,900 police agencies, and Taser (TASR), with 30,000 cameras in use by 1,200 agencies. The $75 million earmarked to purchase new body cameras is more than seven times the total revenue Taser earned from selling the devices in 2013.
... "We need officers capable of following systematically the path of logical argument to its conclusion, with disciplined intellect, strong in character and nerve to execute what the intellect dictates"
General Ludwig Beck (1880-1944);
Speech at the Kriegsakademie, 1935
I wonder how much this will adversely effect command latitude for police officers?
Is there potential something meant to help will actually hurt?
Will officers be reluctant to use personal judgement and latitude when everything is recorded?
I don't think anyone really knows. The UK police have a habit of one police force (we only have 43 in England & Wales) adapting a new piece of kit, within a short time everyone else follows suit. Rarely is there a proper evaluation after deployment, let alone an independent one. There is a Home Office (Interior Dept) technology / scientific assessment process before deployment and in the last few years an ethical assessment has arrived in a few places.
Yes. We should recognise we are in the so-called 'digital age' and for at least twenty years here live audio and or visual recordings are seen by virtually everyone as essential. No video can become no evidence.Is there potential something meant to help will actually hurt?
Body-worn video (BWV) is an extension of this. I doubt many would advocate the removal of in-car video systems (although in the UK only a small proportion of patrol vehicles have them).
I do wonder whether every member of the public will want their presence, let alone engagement with the police recorded. They also become potential witnesses for clever, aggressive criminals and lawyers to pursue.
So if a citizen wants to help how do they say to an officer "Turn video off now, then I will help" and will official rules allow this?
Maybe, especially where targets apply or a top-down emphasis exists. In the UK personal discretion has steadily been eroded; yes, discretion has been wrong exercised too.Will officers be reluctant to use personal judgement and latitude when everything is recorded?
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