Jhennah Gill
Brenda Volk
English– 102- 61
9 Sept 2017
Summary of “Five Reasons Why Police Body-Cams Are a Terrible Idea” In Virgil Vaduva’s article “Five Reasons Why Police Body-Cams Are a Terrible Idea,” originally published on Truth Voice on June 16, 2015, libertarian security professional Vaduva argues that there is not sufficient evidence to propose that body cameras worn by police will do much to help the over-all public. In Vaduva’s article, he wrote about five reasons, which I will be mentioning, shortly. Vaduva’s article discusses five reasons, which are facial recognition and expanded surveillance, real-time tracking of individuals, footage integrity, exoneration of police actions, and empower crony manufacturers at the expense …show more content…
Vaduva argued, “Detailed access logs to the device should be a requirement, and also alerts should be issued when a user attempts to disable the device, open or modify software on the device.” I agree with the author because the above quote contains information that should be important to law enforcement and the public. The quote states that there should be some controls on police body cams because it will help improve the integrity of law enforcement. Vaduva says the second problem with video footage is that we have seen numerous times throughout the years that movie footage would vindicate cops, who were apart of the wrong doings. For example, Vaduva wrote, “In many cases the video was largely ignored by prosecutors (who are often former police officers themselves) or by jurors who believe police can do no wrong.” I agree with the author because it is true that district attorney and jurors ignore a police officer’s wrong doing. However, I recently watched the news and the courts have provided harsher punishments for officers, who commit a …show more content…
However, I do not like how he worded his last sentence in that short paragraph. Vaduva wrote, “Instead it is a crony arrangement between police chiefs, union members and corporate executives who are colluding to rip-off the American taxpayers while doing very little to promote true police accountability.” I believe this sentence sounds sudden because I do not believe that they are taking our money. For instance, Vaduva’s article talks about police accountability, but I must say that police departments are not all the same. For example, the local police officers are accountable for their actions because when they make a mistake, they explain it in a wonderful
Brenda Volk
English– 102- 61
9 Sept 2017
Summary of “Five Reasons Why Police Body-Cams Are a Terrible Idea” In Virgil Vaduva’s article “Five Reasons Why Police Body-Cams Are a Terrible Idea,” originally published on Truth Voice on June 16, 2015, libertarian security professional Vaduva argues that there is not sufficient evidence to propose that body cameras worn by police will do much to help the over-all public. In Vaduva’s article, he wrote about five reasons, which I will be mentioning, shortly. Vaduva’s article discusses five reasons, which are facial recognition and expanded surveillance, real-time tracking of individuals, footage integrity, exoneration of police actions, and empower crony manufacturers at the expense …show more content…
Vaduva argued, “Detailed access logs to the device should be a requirement, and also alerts should be issued when a user attempts to disable the device, open or modify software on the device.” I agree with the author because the above quote contains information that should be important to law enforcement and the public. The quote states that there should be some controls on police body cams because it will help improve the integrity of law enforcement. Vaduva says the second problem with video footage is that we have seen numerous times throughout the years that movie footage would vindicate cops, who were apart of the wrong doings. For example, Vaduva wrote, “In many cases the video was largely ignored by prosecutors (who are often former police officers themselves) or by jurors who believe police can do no wrong.” I agree with the author because it is true that district attorney and jurors ignore a police officer’s wrong doing. However, I recently watched the news and the courts have provided harsher punishments for officers, who commit a …show more content…
However, I do not like how he worded his last sentence in that short paragraph. Vaduva wrote, “Instead it is a crony arrangement between police chiefs, union members and corporate executives who are colluding to rip-off the American taxpayers while doing very little to promote true police accountability.” I believe this sentence sounds sudden because I do not believe that they are taking our money. For instance, Vaduva’s article talks about police accountability, but I must say that police departments are not all the same. For example, the local police officers are accountable for their actions because when they make a mistake, they explain it in a wonderful