Police officers are people who dedicate themselves to protect and serve for the citizens of their community. Most police officers have been required to wear body cameras to document more of what they are doing, watch people, and to also watch what is going on the background. Police officers focus on protecting the people and property. Police officers, S.W.A.T teams, Firefighters, and Sheriffs have been required to wear body cameras. The body cameras are here for the people's safety and the officers on duty. Should police officers wear body cameras? It is a pretty even debate whether or not people like the body cameras. Proponents of body cameras say that they help eliminate he-said, she-said situations. Their footage can provide valuable
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It is also said that police officers wearing the body cameras can influence positive behavior amongst others. 95 percent of large police departments reported that they were using body cameras or had committed to doing so in the near future, according to a national survey. The federal government has given police departments more than $40 million to invest in body cameras, and state and local authorities have spent many millions more. Officers wearing the recording devices are 66 percent less likely to use force, the data shows. Rialto also receives up to 88 percent fewer complaints about police conduct when officers clip on cameras (Anastasia 2). Police officers will point out to people that they are being recorded and the civilian starts to calm down and stay cool during the event of an arrest. The people who are not in favor of body cameras are the people who say it is an invasion of their privacy. Also, many people who have committed crimes say that they want their recording of themselves back. Departments found out that it would be very expensive to give the film back and it would cost well …show more content…
In his opinion he feels that the cameras make him feel safer while he does his job. The first question that was do you like body cameras? His response was yes because In today's society police are often found in the media and portrayed in a negative light. It seems as though people have started filing complaints on officers more often possibly because they feel they have an easy ticket to the spotlight or money. He has found that body cameras have alleviated the complaints and helped police officers more often than they have hurt them. Next was do you feel that citizens like body cameras and why? Jason said no, he does not feel that people do not like the body cameras because people feel that you are more held accounted for your actions and more protected. He said that the reason he thinks people don't like body cameras are because there is a portion of the public that are looking for a payday by trying to catch a police officer doing something wrong (Gross Personal Interview). Just as there are a few bad officers out there, he would venture that there are a few money hungry citizens that are using everything that is going on in today’s world to blame an officer for something they did not do in an attempt
It is also said that police officers wearing the body cameras can influence positive behavior amongst others. 95 percent of large police departments reported that they were using body cameras or had committed to doing so in the near future, according to a national survey. The federal government has given police departments more than $40 million to invest in body cameras, and state and local authorities have spent many millions more. Officers wearing the recording devices are 66 percent less likely to use force, the data shows. Rialto also receives up to 88 percent fewer complaints about police conduct when officers clip on cameras (Anastasia 2). Police officers will point out to people that they are being recorded and the civilian starts to calm down and stay cool during the event of an arrest. The people who are not in favor of body cameras are the people who say it is an invasion of their privacy. Also, many people who have committed crimes say that they want their recording of themselves back. Departments found out that it would be very expensive to give the film back and it would cost well …show more content…
In his opinion he feels that the cameras make him feel safer while he does his job. The first question that was do you like body cameras? His response was yes because In today's society police are often found in the media and portrayed in a negative light. It seems as though people have started filing complaints on officers more often possibly because they feel they have an easy ticket to the spotlight or money. He has found that body cameras have alleviated the complaints and helped police officers more often than they have hurt them. Next was do you feel that citizens like body cameras and why? Jason said no, he does not feel that people do not like the body cameras because people feel that you are more held accounted for your actions and more protected. He said that the reason he thinks people don't like body cameras are because there is a portion of the public that are looking for a payday by trying to catch a police officer doing something wrong (Gross Personal Interview). Just as there are a few bad officers out there, he would venture that there are a few money hungry citizens that are using everything that is going on in today’s world to blame an officer for something they did not do in an attempt