Cop watch: Who benefits when law enforcement gets body cams?

[AKguy1985]

Everyone benefits. It protects citizens from illegal search, etc, and protects LEOs from the anti-cop zealots.

agreed.

 

[tRidiot]

There have been times on.medical runs where it would be nice to show what we did do and did not do.

At one time the LifePak cardiac monitors/defibrillators had an audio recording device so you could call out things during a code and go back to use the tape to document in the chart when you had time.

After the first audio recording got called into court as evidence, they all mysteriously 'broke.'

 

[doctorjj]

A 59% decrease in the use of force tells you just how many times a lot of these officers were using force when they shouldn't be.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Everyone benefits. It protects citizens from illegal search, etc, and protects LEOs from the anti-cop zealots.

I agree ...

 

[BikerHT]

I worked in a state prison in Texas once upon a time. Every Use-of-Force incident had to be video-taped unless there was just absolutely no time to get a camera...like the inmate starting something unexpectedly. This was before the days of the little Go-Pro and digital type, they were bulky VHS cameras.

These recordings saved our a$$e$ many times. Of course, there were times when having the camera saved the dirtbag's a$$ as well!

If I were a LEO, I think I'd probably be much in favor of them. (They do malfunction sometimes!)


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[cyberslider]

The SF fire department banned helmet cams since one filmed a fire truck running over a plane crash survivor:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/18/fire-chief-bans-helmet-cameras_n_3776897.html

 

[71buickfreak]

All cops should be required to wear one. It keeps them from being dicks. Of course, they might also write more tickets because they are being monitored too.

 

[caojyn]

All cops should be required to wear one. It keeps them from being dicks. Of course, they might also write more tickets because they are being monitored too.

it prevents them from making detective?

 

[BadgeBunny]

All cops should be required to wear one. It keeps them from being dicks. Of course, they might also write more tickets because they are being monitored too.

How is writing someone a ticket just because Big Brother is watching in real time not being a dick??

Can't win for losing with some of you guys ...

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Cameras, like the sword of Justice is two sided, it can cut either way. I had a Chief that had already written out my termination papers and was waiting for my signature till he saw the video recording of the arrest I had made that prompted the complaint. When the complaining party viewed the tape and there was mention of filing charges for a false complaint, the complaint was withdrawn.