Body Camera Essay Trevor is a high school student walking home from school when an incident broke out in his neighborhood. Police officers arrived and Trevor heard multiple gunshots fired back and forth. As Trevor was reaching out for his phone, an officer had seen him then shot and killed Trevor, thinking the phone was a gun. The officer was later sent to trial for the death of Trevor but no charges or consequences were given to the officer because without a visual evidence such as a body camera, no one can prove the phone was not a gun. Based on this scenario,body cameras should be placed in police organizations for better reports and evidence. Due to the dishonesty of reports and the senseless killings, it is reasonable to state
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Information provided by the article, “The Right Body Camera Policy,” states that, “For too long illegal use of force by police officers has been shrouded from public view by means of dishonest reporting. This virtual impunity has undoubtedly contributed to incidents of abuse and perhaps also to unjustified killing of civilians.” This emphasizes that many reports have been inaccurately told to the public view and not what really happens at the scene of the crime to make it work in their favor. In addition, the same article, points out that, “Officers, it is feared, will tailor their reports to fit the captured images, revealing only what could be plausibly denied and leaving out other important details. Reader can notice that many officers will mess with the reports which will make it make accountable or more likely to be good for them, in which they are leaving out valuable information to the public and other people. To conclude,police body cameras should be in forced into police organization because of unfair and unjust …show more content…
However, body cameras should be required to be wore by police officers due to the senseless killings of civilians. Evidence from the article, “Cameras on Cops a Privacy Question”, mentions that , a man by the name of Freddie Gray was caught on film being dragged ruthlessly by a cop as he is writhing in pain, Freddie Gray suffered severe spinal cord injuries and died, but no body cameras were seen worn by the officer. Readers can visualize the event occurring and seeing how senseless and unfair that the action that officer took was towards Freddie Gray causing his injuries and killing him later because of what the police officer had done.Furthermore, the article, “SIRS DATABASE--At issue: Police and Body cameras,” states that, “ Following the shooting death of unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014, and a grand jury’s decision to not indict the police officer involved in that shooting, protest erupted across the country and community leaders called for all police officers to be equipped with body cameras,” Readers can imagine the distress that many people and the families and friends of the victim and how they have felt about the case ruling and the incident that occurred to this young black boy. In conclusion, body cameras should be more enforced to police officers to wear because
Information provided by the article, “The Right Body Camera Policy,” states that, “For too long illegal use of force by police officers has been shrouded from public view by means of dishonest reporting. This virtual impunity has undoubtedly contributed to incidents of abuse and perhaps also to unjustified killing of civilians.” This emphasizes that many reports have been inaccurately told to the public view and not what really happens at the scene of the crime to make it work in their favor. In addition, the same article, points out that, “Officers, it is feared, will tailor their reports to fit the captured images, revealing only what could be plausibly denied and leaving out other important details. Reader can notice that many officers will mess with the reports which will make it make accountable or more likely to be good for them, in which they are leaving out valuable information to the public and other people. To conclude,police body cameras should be in forced into police organization because of unfair and unjust …show more content…
However, body cameras should be required to be wore by police officers due to the senseless killings of civilians. Evidence from the article, “Cameras on Cops a Privacy Question”, mentions that , a man by the name of Freddie Gray was caught on film being dragged ruthlessly by a cop as he is writhing in pain, Freddie Gray suffered severe spinal cord injuries and died, but no body cameras were seen worn by the officer. Readers can visualize the event occurring and seeing how senseless and unfair that the action that officer took was towards Freddie Gray causing his injuries and killing him later because of what the police officer had done.Furthermore, the article, “SIRS DATABASE--At issue: Police and Body cameras,” states that, “ Following the shooting death of unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014, and a grand jury’s decision to not indict the police officer involved in that shooting, protest erupted across the country and community leaders called for all police officers to be equipped with body cameras,” Readers can imagine the distress that many people and the families and friends of the victim and how they have felt about the case ruling and the incident that occurred to this young black boy. In conclusion, body cameras should be more enforced to police officers to wear because