The Necessity Of Body Cameras

Body cameras are very expensive and Law Enforcement doesn’t have the funds to accommodate those necessities. Nedra Pickler a National Political Journalist from the Associated Press wrote, “Obama is proposing a three-year, $263 million spending package to increase use of body-worn-cameras, expand training for law enforcement and add more resources for police department reform” (Nedra Pickler). Obama wants to give a big amount of money to Law Enforcement but he also wants to make sure that police officers will get the best training so the body cameras are used properly, and he would also like to add other groups to improve police departments. About $20 million will go towards cameras for police stations and $1 million will go for the study on how the cameras work with society (John Woodrow Cox). …show more content…
“The Department of Justice plans to launch a Pilot Program aimed to expanding the use of body cameras worn by police officers across the country” (John Woodrow Cox). John Woodrow Cox a reporter at The Washington Post agrees that the Pilot Program is one major group involved with law enforcement regarding body cameras. The pilot program does not provide federal funding but it does provide help for agencies that applied for training and or technical assistance (John Woodrow Cox). Silber says that the more people become aware of body cameras the more they get used to them and the more help they get from others. (Gillian Mohney). Police officers wearing body cameras and showing the community, gives the community a sort of relaxer, knowing that they could be ten times safer than