The Probles of Police’s body cameras
Same as most people has their phones, police are increasingly using body cameras. The footage that these cameras capture and the public's access to it, is having a tremendous influence in the court of public opinion. For example, some of the massive protests in different U.S. cities that have followed the controversial deaths of suspects at the hands of police. And some other investigations that have cleared officers of wrongdoing when body cameras confirmed they followed the law in confrontations with suspects.
There are many reason that police are increasingly using body cameras. First, it create transparency in law enforcement by documenting the interactions between officers and civilians. Second, it can assist in the collection of evidence and witness statements as well as address any concerns about misconduct, use of force or bias. Third, it also offers protection to the police officers from disingenuous accusations intended to demean the men and women who proudly wear our uniform.
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According to the article “Acting and Directing With Police Cameras”, author Jay Stanley who is the Senior Policy Analyst, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project of ACLU think “No doubt academic dissertations are being or will soon be written on police actions as performance. But one implication of all this is that it will be important in the future that we all learn to be more sophisticated in interpreting video evidence (as I also discussed here). All the world’s a sound-stage, and we are sometimes players—and, often, directors, viewers, and critics(Jay 17)” at the end of this article. He thinks not only police officer can be actor, but also everyone can be an actor. Therefore, we should able to improve our skills to be able to distinguish the authenticity of those
Same as most people has their phones, police are increasingly using body cameras. The footage that these cameras capture and the public's access to it, is having a tremendous influence in the court of public opinion. For example, some of the massive protests in different U.S. cities that have followed the controversial deaths of suspects at the hands of police. And some other investigations that have cleared officers of wrongdoing when body cameras confirmed they followed the law in confrontations with suspects.
There are many reason that police are increasingly using body cameras. First, it create transparency in law enforcement by documenting the interactions between officers and civilians. Second, it can assist in the collection of evidence and witness statements as well as address any concerns about misconduct, use of force or bias. Third, it also offers protection to the police officers from disingenuous accusations intended to demean the men and women who proudly wear our uniform.
According the LA …show more content…
According to the article “Acting and Directing With Police Cameras”, author Jay Stanley who is the Senior Policy Analyst, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project of ACLU think “No doubt academic dissertations are being or will soon be written on police actions as performance. But one implication of all this is that it will be important in the future that we all learn to be more sophisticated in interpreting video evidence (as I also discussed here). All the world’s a sound-stage, and we are sometimes players—and, often, directors, viewers, and critics(Jay 17)” at the end of this article. He thinks not only police officer can be actor, but also everyone can be an actor. Therefore, we should able to improve our skills to be able to distinguish the authenticity of those