12-17-2014, 11:59 PM
POLICE BRUTALITY PROTESTS SPUR WIDER/QUICKER ADOPTION OF POLICY BODY CAMS 
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday that the city of Los Angeles was purchasing 7,000 body cameras for its police officers in an effort to increase transparency.
The cameras, produced by Taser International, are roughly the size of a police badge and can be outfitted on the center of an officer’s chest or elsewhere, depending on the model.
The quality of the images are on par with today’s camera phone videos and capture what an officer sees and hears in the field. The images do blur during quick movements, however. The video is quite clear and sharp, especially compared to some earlier dash cam/body cam videos that I've seen. You can check it out here: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...story.html
1⁄3 of police departments across the country are undergoing body cam trials and some have adopted body cams partially. LAPD is working toward quick full implementation. Good.
Rialto, CA PD adopted body cams for half of its force in 2012. The report on results is in: over 50% reduction in incidents where force was used by officers and 1⁄10 the number of citizens complaints filed against officers. Pretty damned impressive.
Source/report: http://www.policefoundation.org/content/...-use-force
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday that the city of Los Angeles was purchasing 7,000 body cameras for its police officers in an effort to increase transparency.
The cameras, produced by Taser International, are roughly the size of a police badge and can be outfitted on the center of an officer’s chest or elsewhere, depending on the model.
The quality of the images are on par with today’s camera phone videos and capture what an officer sees and hears in the field. The images do blur during quick movements, however. The video is quite clear and sharp, especially compared to some earlier dash cam/body cam videos that I've seen. You can check it out here: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...story.html
1⁄3 of police departments across the country are undergoing body cam trials and some have adopted body cams partially. LAPD is working toward quick full implementation. Good.
Rialto, CA PD adopted body cams for half of its force in 2012. The report on results is in: over 50% reduction in incidents where force was used by officers and 1⁄10 the number of citizens complaints filed against officers. Pretty damned impressive.
Source/report: http://www.policefoundation.org/content/...-use-force