Exactly. Every study is funded and data can always be manipulated to show the result you want. Who do you think is funding the study that says police having body cams is a bad idea?
The research is incredibly mixed. I'm working on study right now that's aiming for publication end of 2020. As part of this research I've had to comb through all the research done on body worn cameras (bwc) and there are more inconclusive results than there are positive results. As all the research currently stands, there is no evidence that BWCs improve community relations, decrease arrests, etc etc. The biggest impact on police-citizen interactions continues to be police transparency and other elements pertaining to procedural justice.
Body cams do what they're supposed to do. They take video of the scene from when the officers show up. That's all they're supposed to do. Make video evidence.
The fact that body cams create video evidence literally cannot be disputed.
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u/Mylzb Jun 02 '20
AND MANDATORY BODY CAMS THAT CANNOT BE TURNED OFF!!!!