11-08-2013, 12:00 PM
As long as judges and juries don't let defense attorneys have a field day positioning perps as victims with lapel cam footage, I think they're great too.
Good to have actual film of what went down to use against criminals in court.
Good to have actual film of what went down to use against dirty cops in court.
Just a little worried that some perps will be let off the hook because not everybody understands that sometimes roughness is necessary and appropriate for cops and not everything gets captured in a snapshot. Always potential pros and cons, though, and the advantages seem to far outweigh the disadvantages in the case of lapel cams, IMO.
Interested to see if LAPD moves forward with lapel cams using funds donated by wealthy donors. Those little guys are like $900 each. I think some of the NYPD "stop and frisk" units are already wearing them, despite Bloomberg's objections.
Good to have actual film of what went down to use against criminals in court.
Good to have actual film of what went down to use against dirty cops in court.
Just a little worried that some perps will be let off the hook because not everybody understands that sometimes roughness is necessary and appropriate for cops and not everything gets captured in a snapshot. Always potential pros and cons, though, and the advantages seem to far outweigh the disadvantages in the case of lapel cams, IMO.
Interested to see if LAPD moves forward with lapel cams using funds donated by wealthy donors. Those little guys are like $900 each. I think some of the NYPD "stop and frisk" units are already wearing them, despite Bloomberg's objections.