Police use of force drops 60% and Complaints drop 88% when Body Cameras introduced by Department

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**Gentleman_Jellyfish**

leotau1991 wrote:
This is my one personal fear with the camera, that the video will be edited to make me look bad when I have done nothing wrong.

But that's why there are those strict reviews you mentioned, and the whole court system

, as someone who deals with the public you will be accused of things you did or did not do (Although my experience with that was just as a customer service manager, now I don't deal with customers

)

Honestly though, if the statistics show that use of force and complaints drop, I don't care one bit what the officers think about the camera.

**leotau1991**

Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote:
leotau1991 wrote:
This is my one personal fear with the camera, that the video will be edited to make me look bad when I have done nothing wrong.

But that's why there are those strict reviews you mentioned, and the whole court system , as someone who deals with the public you will be accused of things you did or did not do (Although my experience with that was just as a customer service manager, now I don't deal with customers )

Honestly though, if the statistics show that use of force and complaints drop, I don't care one bit what the officers think about the camera.

Indeed. I know there are bad cops, and if this stops them, at the same time as protecting me from false accusations, then how much does the camera cost? Because if the department doesn't issue me one, I might just buy it myself.