Last month, the New York Times reported on a recent Washington, D.C. study on the use of police body cameras. As part of the study, the D.C. Metro police department randomly split 2,000 officers into two groups – one group without cameras and the second group with cameras. Researchers expected to see a reduction in…
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Body Camera Updates: Proposed Legislation and Pay-Per-View Hype
The Legislature Tries Again: Will California Law Require Disclosure of Officer-Involved Shooting Videos? In the January 2017 edition of the Burke Beat, we discussed the California Legislature’s inability to reach a consensus on key issues relating to police body-worn cameras, and the implications of that legislative void. The Legislature is now close to resolving the…
