Many court cases have ended up in a flip lately because these body cameras are capturing the real live story. Did the police officer make the right decision or are they caught in the middle of a crime where they are the real criminal? In the article “Police Body Cameras: Should law enforcement agents wear body cameras?” it explores the pros and cons of body cameras, as well as real life stories that have occurred in the public. This article carries valid evidence that police body cameras have both positive and negative…
In Manhattan, there are surveillance cameras everywhere so no one can walk around without being recorded. This is ruining people’s privacy because they are being recorded where they are all the time. There are three factors that contribute…
Therefore, he is an expert in this field and has much experience dealing with cases regarding the consequences of police brutality due to the government not implementing body cameras. In addition, the author provides a reason to believe by uniquely expressing his viewpoint and boldly stating his opinion on the effect of body cameras on police officers and citizens. O’Mara states, “People act better when they know they're being watched -- or recorded. Cops act better, and the people they encounter on the street are more cooperative.” O’Mara references a studied commissioned by the Police Foundation in 2012 that displays statistical evidence proving few force incidents with body cameras.…
Should we be concerned about surveillance throughout the places we go? If so, why? Is it not meant to keep us safe? These are the questions I asked myself as I walked along Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. This street, along with Broadway street in Downtown Los Angeles, hold an important piece of history due to the fact that many significant events have occurred there.…
A good video surveillance system will act as a criminal deterrent. It will alert you someone tries to intrude on your property. It protects you when you are home. It is a way to capture evidence in case someone commits a criminal act. Those are all solid reasons to get a video security system.…
Do body cameras change police behavior? Many police officers are there to do their job by protecting the community, but there are also those officers who use unnecessary force to arrest someone. There are many officers who are sent to testify in court because the suspect is said that he did not do anything wrong, but on the officer’s side of the story is totally the opposite. Therefore, the judge is most likely to give the officer the winning hand because there was no evidence shown or given by the suspect. There are many good cops out there, but I agree there are also those bad cops that believe they have all the power to do anything because they are the law.…
Policemen wearing body cameras would prevent violence. Why do I say this you ask? If a policeman is wearing a body camera and the suspect knows that the officer has one on, they would be cautious and realize they could be caught on camera. It'd be easier to find the suspect and who did the crime since it's on camera also. Suspects would most definitely be aware of their actions considering that they could be caught on camera.…
There is an underlying code of conduct between the public and the law enforcement. Police officers are to serve the country by protecting its people and the people are should respect the law enforcers. There needs to be trust in that relationship for it to be a successful one. Since the conception of the law enforcement system, there has been a distrust among the the people, especially minorities, towards officers. The police have authority to use their discretion in their use of force to preserve the peace in the land.…
The idea of requirement of body cameras in the police force has exploded a controversy. Many people believe that police officers should be required to wear body cameras, while others do not. People are requiring police officers to wear body cameras because there has been cases in which people doubt justice was made. Cases like the death of Eric Garner, the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, the death of Sandra Bland, and others. In these cases the families of the victims were unsatisfied with the decision juries took on the death of their loved ones.…
With all the police brutality claims now there is so much controversy over police officers wearing body cameras. Some people feel that the officers should wear the cameras so that there will be a video of everything happening and there will be proof of what is going on between the officers and the civilians. Other people do not want the cameras because it violates people’s privacy. This has been an ongoing debate for a while now. In this essay I want to show some of the benefits for the body cameras.…
Body cameras will survey police behavior, thereby minimizing any inappropriate decisions. For example, in 2012, the city of Rialto outfitted all 70 of their uniformed police officers with cameras. This later on lead to an 88% reduction in public complaints against officers, and a 60% decline in officers’ use of force. This shows that police officers will act completely different and will watch their actions when they know that they are being recorded. People act differently when they know they are being watched because the presence of others encourages them to do the ‘right’ thing in order to gain social approval.…
Body cameras for me personally is not an issue. I was pulled over by a police officer with a body camera recently. It happened at a McDonalds around 11’o clock at night in my hometown Reading, PA. As I was leaving the drive thru and making a left out of McDonalds I hear and see red and blue lights behind me. I pull over and shortly he comes over and introduces himself and his body camera.…
Police body cameras can be the next big thing to help and protect officers and get the accused criminals. Although opponents say that police body cameras can invade privacy it does not because it is a way that officers can get evidence of what happened that day and it can help in court cases if an officer is being accused of something they didn’t do or if the officer did something wrong that he did not supposed to do. Police body cameras can also get evidence if the police officer is doing his or her job well. It can also help in having…
According to reporter Eileen Sullivan, “Body cameras have become an easy political answer to the complex problem of crumbling trust in police. ”4 Body cameras are often attached to the chest or hat of a police officer. Smaller than a cell phone, the cameras do not hinder the police officers performance, and are practically unnoticeable. The officer can turn off the camera, but the times they are able to are regulated.…
The citizens of the United States have been debating whether the police should wear body cameras. Recently this debate has gotten a lot more prevalent after the unjust deaths of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri , and the death of Eric Garner in New York City. The United States death by police rate is by far higher than any other country, “ In 2011 police killed six people in Australia, two in England, six in Germany, and according to an FBI count, 404 in the United States.” (Stanley 2). Body cameras are small compact cameras that police would have to wear in order for law enforcement agencies to see what exactly occurred if there was a problem.…