Law enforcement using the response to resistance technique incidents has dropped fifty-three percent, and citizen complains about officers has also declined approximately sixty-five percent (Wing 2015). Statistics show that officers wearing body camera had been increasingly attentive than ever; this also reduces the number of civilians injured by officers wearing the body camera, and the injuries to themselves. Police officers should be required to wear body cameras while on duty because it formed trust between police and civilians, creates better performance by the officers and community, and provides proof against fabricated claims.
Critics imply that wearing body cameras would invade police confidentiality because the cameras would have …show more content…
As studies have shown the cameras worn on during duty have been twenty-five percent more helpful throughout the officer’s interactions with the public (Kelsh 2015). This indicates that the police officers are extra cautious and careful when in contact with a member of the public because they have wisely thought thoroughly about the criminal policy and procedures. For example, Police Body Cameras claimed the incident that happened in July of 2014; Officer Pantaleo had put Eric Garner, an unarmed African American who had been illegally selling cigarettes, in a chokehold position after Garner resisted arrest. However, Garner was asthmatic and had died from asphyxiation right at the moment, and a civilian taped the event and started a public uproar (2015). “These forceful incidents are called response to resistance, and by wearing body cameras these have dropped remarkably fifty-three percent,” Ariel mentioned (2012). In addition, when there is trust between officers and the community it increases effectiveness and safety for the officers and the public. Wing explained that cameras have changed the community’s actions and helped decrease confrontations between officers and the public (2015). It is clear the number of citizen injuries made by police and injuries towards officers themselves are reduced because of worn …show more content…
InfoBase Learning, 26 Aug. 2015. Web. 02 Nov. 2016. http://icof.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?ID=14993
Ready, Justin; Young, Jacob. "The Impact of On-officer Video Cameras on Police–citizen Contacts: Findings from a Controlled Experiment in Mesa, AZ." Journal of Experimental Criminology, June 2015. Doi: 10.1007/s11292-015-9237-8. - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/body-cameras-police-interact-with-public#sthash.umFutbMf.dpuf Web. 02 Nov. 2016.
Wing, N. (Ed.). (2015, October 13). Study Shows Less Violence, Fewer Complaints When Cops Wear Body Cameras. Huffington Post Politics. Retrieved November 02, 2016 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/police-body-camera-study_us_561d2ea1e4b028dd7ea53a56
White, Michael D. "Police officer body-worn cameras: Assessing the evidence." Washington, DC: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (2014). https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=270041 Web. 02 Nov. 2016.
Ariel B., Farrar W. A., Sutherland A. (2014). The effect of police body-worn cameras on use of force and citizens’ complaints against the police: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1–27. Advance online publication 19 November 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s10940-014-9236-3 http://icj.sagepub.com/content/25/1/80.full.pdf+html Web. 02 Nov.
Critics imply that wearing body cameras would invade police confidentiality because the cameras would have …show more content…
As studies have shown the cameras worn on during duty have been twenty-five percent more helpful throughout the officer’s interactions with the public (Kelsh 2015). This indicates that the police officers are extra cautious and careful when in contact with a member of the public because they have wisely thought thoroughly about the criminal policy and procedures. For example, Police Body Cameras claimed the incident that happened in July of 2014; Officer Pantaleo had put Eric Garner, an unarmed African American who had been illegally selling cigarettes, in a chokehold position after Garner resisted arrest. However, Garner was asthmatic and had died from asphyxiation right at the moment, and a civilian taped the event and started a public uproar (2015). “These forceful incidents are called response to resistance, and by wearing body cameras these have dropped remarkably fifty-three percent,” Ariel mentioned (2012). In addition, when there is trust between officers and the community it increases effectiveness and safety for the officers and the public. Wing explained that cameras have changed the community’s actions and helped decrease confrontations between officers and the public (2015). It is clear the number of citizen injuries made by police and injuries towards officers themselves are reduced because of worn …show more content…
InfoBase Learning, 26 Aug. 2015. Web. 02 Nov. 2016. http://icof.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?ID=14993
Ready, Justin; Young, Jacob. "The Impact of On-officer Video Cameras on Police–citizen Contacts: Findings from a Controlled Experiment in Mesa, AZ." Journal of Experimental Criminology, June 2015. Doi: 10.1007/s11292-015-9237-8. - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/body-cameras-police-interact-with-public#sthash.umFutbMf.dpuf Web. 02 Nov. 2016.
Wing, N. (Ed.). (2015, October 13). Study Shows Less Violence, Fewer Complaints When Cops Wear Body Cameras. Huffington Post Politics. Retrieved November 02, 2016 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/police-body-camera-study_us_561d2ea1e4b028dd7ea53a56
White, Michael D. "Police officer body-worn cameras: Assessing the evidence." Washington, DC: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (2014). https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=270041 Web. 02 Nov. 2016.
Ariel B., Farrar W. A., Sutherland A. (2014). The effect of police body-worn cameras on use of force and citizens’ complaints against the police: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1–27. Advance online publication 19 November 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s10940-014-9236-3 http://icj.sagepub.com/content/25/1/80.full.pdf+html Web. 02 Nov.