Can Indianapolis mayors be recalled?
Can Indianapolis mayors be recalled?
Andre Carson just posted on his FB that he will be introducing legislation NATIONWIDE for all police officers to wear body cams.
Andre Carson just posted on his FB that he will be introducing legislation NATIONWIDE for all police officers to wear body cams.
How do you feel about body cams?
From my perspective, it seems to save them more than hurt them. Especially now with the culture of automatically assuming the office was in the wrong in every instance.
How do you feel about body cams?
From my perspective, it seems to save them more than hurt them. Especially now with the culture of automatically assuming the office was in the wrong in every instance.
I had read that the SJW were not happy with cams as they usually exonerated the officer...
Can I get access to bloopers?The very vast majority of officers I know, and discussion about them in the LE community (and of course me as well) are absolutely for them. Ingomike is correct that once cams were integrated into departments, many minority groups then dissuaded from their use as they showed that minority arrestees were compiling evidence against themselves, thus making it harder to argue against the arrestee’s behavior and getting their payday.
In modern policing, we fully understand how important video documentation has become, and we welcome it. Overwhelmingly, body cam footage has exonerated officers in arrests and use of force complaints and reviews. In my tenure of just shy of 20 years, none of my compatriots have been against them.
The rub comes in when it comes to funding mechanisms and logistics. Smaller agencies can afford to buy ten cameras and the data storage, an agency such as IMPD can nary afford to keep vehicles operational, let alone a multimillion dollar purchase of 2,000 body cams and the data storage needed. Policies and oversight need to be written, and there are many concerns:
-Privacy (both the officer and citizen)
-Review and release of footage (again, more privacy; who has access, etc.)
-Technical effectiveness (How tough are they? Will the battery last a whole shift? What happens if it gets knocked off/covered during a scuffle?)
-Officer’s use for report writing (Can the footage be viewed by an officer to assist in writing the report? There have been complaints made that officers should not be able to use it for report writing as it taints the officer’s interpretation of the event - even though that’s the standard we have now.)
These are just a few concerns off the top of my head. It’s not that they diminish their effectiveness, it’s just part of the logistical process that the public doesn’t think about. Much of the public thinks that we don’t want body cams so that we can continue our “war against the public” and have no accountability. In fact, it’s just the opposite, since they back us up and show the public what we deal with on an hourly basis.
These are just a few concerns off the top of my head. It’s not that they diminish their effectiveness, it’s just part of the logistical process that the public doesn’t think about. Much of the public thinks that we don’t want body cams so that we can continue our “war against the public” and have no accountability. In fact, it’s just the opposite, since they back us up and show the public what we deal with on an hourly basis.
Curfew back in effect for the weekend in Indy.
The rub comes in when it comes to funding mechanisms and logistics. Smaller agencies can afford to buy ten cameras and the data storage, an agency such as IMPD can nary afford to keep vehicles operational, let alone a multimillion dollar purchase of 2,000 body cams and the data storage needed.
Can I [STRIKE]get access to[/STRIKE] buy the rights to bloopers?
I want to start Crooks Gone Wild and sell it on vhs during late night infomercials.
Can I get access to bloopers?
I want to start Crooks Gone Wild and sell it on vhs during late night infomercials.