Summary
The article, “Police Body Cameras” written on May 28, 2016 is about police wearing body cameras. The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of police wearing body cameras while on duty. Many civilians died at the hands of police and without any footage of what transpire between the police and the civilian/civilians then the justice system will give the police the right. However, persons think that the presence of body camera will not change anything as the justice system will be in favor of police, for example, Garner an African American was selling cigarettes illegally, and he died from asphyxiation after he was put in a chokehold by the officer. Despite video footage the jury did not convict the officer. Additionally people believe that police wearing body camera will invade person's privacy. Footage …show more content…
People will define trust as one word “secret”. People trust each other because they know that they can tell that person a secret that they will keep. Trust is between two or more people that you know. However how can you trust someone you do not know? If police are to be equipped with body cameras then other persons would be able to view all conversation that the police had with any civilian, and with that in mind civilians will not trust police wearing body camera because they do not know who will look at the footage later. Additionally police wearing body camera will only prevent them from doing their duty. “Police do a lot of social work, and cameras can make those kind of interactions more difficult” (police body cameras.2016). For example an officer was trying to comfort a teenager that lived in an abusive home but found it difficult to do so because he was wearing a body camera. Police should not wear body cameras because they do not increase trust between civilians and police instead wearing them do the opposite reduce
The article, “Police Body Cameras” written on May 28, 2016 is about police wearing body cameras. The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of police wearing body cameras while on duty. Many civilians died at the hands of police and without any footage of what transpire between the police and the civilian/civilians then the justice system will give the police the right. However, persons think that the presence of body camera will not change anything as the justice system will be in favor of police, for example, Garner an African American was selling cigarettes illegally, and he died from asphyxiation after he was put in a chokehold by the officer. Despite video footage the jury did not convict the officer. Additionally people believe that police wearing body camera will invade person's privacy. Footage …show more content…
People will define trust as one word “secret”. People trust each other because they know that they can tell that person a secret that they will keep. Trust is between two or more people that you know. However how can you trust someone you do not know? If police are to be equipped with body cameras then other persons would be able to view all conversation that the police had with any civilian, and with that in mind civilians will not trust police wearing body camera because they do not know who will look at the footage later. Additionally police wearing body camera will only prevent them from doing their duty. “Police do a lot of social work, and cameras can make those kind of interactions more difficult” (police body cameras.2016). For example an officer was trying to comfort a teenager that lived in an abusive home but found it difficult to do so because he was wearing a body camera. Police should not wear body cameras because they do not increase trust between civilians and police instead wearing them do the opposite reduce