Technology has evolved over the last couple decades. From the first video camera in 1876 to the invention of the iPhone in 2007, the world has proved its intelligence by coming up with new advancements in technology. But even with all this profound intelligence, for years the United States has been plagued with police brutality and incidents where innocent bystanders were getting shot or hurt severely. There were many cases from Rodney king in 1991 to Abner Louima in 1997 to Trayvon Martin in 2012. But this intelligence has been put to good use to decrease the number of police brutality in America and strengthen the American police force as a whole.
Body cameras change the way police officers interact with the public for the better. One quote from journalresource.org that emphasizes my point is ¨Officers who did not wear cameras performed 9.8% more stop-and-frisks and …show more content…
This emphasizes my point that body cameras change the way police interact with the public for the better by showing how differently police who were wearing body cameras acted compared to police who weren't wearing them. Another quote that emphasized my point is ¨Officers assigned to wear cameras issued 23.1% more citations for ordinance violations than those who did not wear cameras.¨ Police officers who were ¨assigned to wear cameras¨ arrested people they saw committing ordinance crimes at a higher rate ¨than those who did not wear cameras¨. This emphasizes my point that body cameras change the way police interact with the public for the better by showing that police officers can show more initiative when they are being recorded so that they are not reprimanded. In September 2015 there was a study conducted ¨to determine how body cameras influence police to citizen
Body cameras change the way police officers interact with the public for the better. One quote from journalresource.org that emphasizes my point is ¨Officers who did not wear cameras performed 9.8% more stop-and-frisks and …show more content…
This emphasizes my point that body cameras change the way police interact with the public for the better by showing how differently police who were wearing body cameras acted compared to police who weren't wearing them. Another quote that emphasized my point is ¨Officers assigned to wear cameras issued 23.1% more citations for ordinance violations than those who did not wear cameras.¨ Police officers who were ¨assigned to wear cameras¨ arrested people they saw committing ordinance crimes at a higher rate ¨than those who did not wear cameras¨. This emphasizes my point that body cameras change the way police interact with the public for the better by showing that police officers can show more initiative when they are being recorded so that they are not reprimanded. In September 2015 there was a study conducted ¨to determine how body cameras influence police to citizen