Police body cameras DO increase accountability for the Police Officer
Technology is once again going to shape and form the way Police Officers perform their jobs functions. Since the start of Law enforcement there has always been change. This is very ironic since the culture of the organization at its heart hates change. Mention change to the department and watch moral drop. However, after time and the growing pains the change is the best thing that has ever happened. The change that is brewing on the horizon is body worn cameras. The basic elements of law enforcement culture suggest, we should be skeptical about whether the introduction of body-worn cameras will effectively address the concerns many critics have had- especially since …show more content…
In many respects, judges and prosecutors are quite happy not to know what “processes” ensured prior to any matter brought to their attention (Manning 2015). I disagree with that statement. The way the process works is the Police Officer, Detectives, and other departments perform their job the way they should. By boots on the ground old fashioned police work. However, when they apprehend a bad guy, they are usually, wearing a different style dress, use a different kind of speech, (foul language) and possible under the influence. They resist arrest possibly leading to injuries. The Police Officer is placed under investigation for excessive force. The defendant gets a public defender who advises them to get a dress suit and be polite to the judge. So the person represents themselves as a whole different person. No one sees his action against the Police Officer. Bring in technology, body-worn cameras. The Police Officer submits the video recording to the jury. The claims of excessive force go away, increasing the Police Officers accountability to the general public. This starts to bring the Police Offices perception to a different level. Instead of the general public stereo typing the Police offices for their actions, the body worn camera will show the actions at the time of arrest.
There are a few studies concerning body worn cameras by Police Officer and how it impacts behavior by both …show more content…
As we have learned in the research, this is a good thing for altering behavior of the police officers and the citizens. Because of them fewer people are getting injured on both sides of the badge. I see them as benefit the way the body worn cameras are meant to function. However, the body worn cameras would have been an asset as a witness to some life changing profile case in the past. The footage could have changed history for Missouri, and New York, with their high profile cases. As with technology it will never end it will improve and change into something that it was not meant to be. Just look at the cell phones, sure at first it was a phone then over time it has changed the way people communicate. Majority of it for the better for the public, but the fine art of communication with pen and paper and families talking has changed. The future is here and the way Law enforcement operates is
Technology is once again going to shape and form the way Police Officers perform their jobs functions. Since the start of Law enforcement there has always been change. This is very ironic since the culture of the organization at its heart hates change. Mention change to the department and watch moral drop. However, after time and the growing pains the change is the best thing that has ever happened. The change that is brewing on the horizon is body worn cameras. The basic elements of law enforcement culture suggest, we should be skeptical about whether the introduction of body-worn cameras will effectively address the concerns many critics have had- especially since …show more content…
In many respects, judges and prosecutors are quite happy not to know what “processes” ensured prior to any matter brought to their attention (Manning 2015). I disagree with that statement. The way the process works is the Police Officer, Detectives, and other departments perform their job the way they should. By boots on the ground old fashioned police work. However, when they apprehend a bad guy, they are usually, wearing a different style dress, use a different kind of speech, (foul language) and possible under the influence. They resist arrest possibly leading to injuries. The Police Officer is placed under investigation for excessive force. The defendant gets a public defender who advises them to get a dress suit and be polite to the judge. So the person represents themselves as a whole different person. No one sees his action against the Police Officer. Bring in technology, body-worn cameras. The Police Officer submits the video recording to the jury. The claims of excessive force go away, increasing the Police Officers accountability to the general public. This starts to bring the Police Offices perception to a different level. Instead of the general public stereo typing the Police offices for their actions, the body worn camera will show the actions at the time of arrest.
There are a few studies concerning body worn cameras by Police Officer and how it impacts behavior by both …show more content…
As we have learned in the research, this is a good thing for altering behavior of the police officers and the citizens. Because of them fewer people are getting injured on both sides of the badge. I see them as benefit the way the body worn cameras are meant to function. However, the body worn cameras would have been an asset as a witness to some life changing profile case in the past. The footage could have changed history for Missouri, and New York, with their high profile cases. As with technology it will never end it will improve and change into something that it was not meant to be. Just look at the cell phones, sure at first it was a phone then over time it has changed the way people communicate. Majority of it for the better for the public, but the fine art of communication with pen and paper and families talking has changed. The future is here and the way Law enforcement operates is