I'm not anti-bodycam at all - but they don't seem to have had the effect we all hoped for...
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/20/558832090...
From a minute of googling, looks like San Diego had more dramatic results
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/20/558832090...
From a minute of googling, looks like San Diego had more dramatic results
I contested a ticket I received from an aggressive traffic cop in Portland for texting in a stand-still bumper to bumper traffic jam. He was on a motorcycle and saw me as he rode by on the sidewalk!!! This guy had incredible nerve. In court, I insisted we view the footage from his body camera, which could only be done if I first refuse his plea offer, a significant issue IMO. I took the risk. The way he spoke to me was so militant and I thought it would be good to have the room give it a listen and see the traffic jam. The footage turns off as he is walking up to my car!!! Then he told me “either the battery died or the tape ran out”. Tape!!! This was 2015. The ticket was dropped, but I don’t think many people I know would have had this persistence, especially risking the plea denial. Beyond being annoyed, I was also intrigued with the abuse of power in such a trivial case.
(I agree you shouldn't HAVE to in a society with a well functioning justice system, but that would be the obvious means)
>> It's to be expected that these cameras might have little impact on the behavior of police officers in Washington, D.C., he says, because this particular force went through about a decade of federal oversight to help improve the department.
Seems as though the D.C. PD didn't have many issues that needed correcting?