This article was written by A.C. Nash and J.L. Scarberry who are attorneys from Ft. Lauderdale Florida that specialize in the area of representation of law enforcement officers and agencies against Civil Right claims of false arrest, malicious prosecution, excessive force etc. The article details the results from a year-long study on officers showing that during the 12 month period of the study, the Rialto police officers utilized force only 25 times and only three citizens’ complaints were filed. Further, of the 25 use‐of‐force incidents, 17 occurred during control shifts when the officers were not utilizing the cameras. While no data was collected, the study hypothesized that presence of the cameras, and awareness of being videotaped, modified
