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>Every $1 spent on buying and maintaining useless cameras is $1 not spent on actual policing. So, much better than nothing?
If you dream of a Utopian land without police officers, I hear Somalia is gorgeous this time of year.
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This summer, an officer in Maryland accidentally taped himself planting drugs. This case alone justifies the continued use of cameras (especially without the on/off button). Cameras should be under direct control of the judiciary, available to defense and not merely the district attorney's office. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-bod...
Allowing the police to have total control and oversight was, to me, the point where I knew the police body camera idea wasn't going to fix everything right away. It feels like mostly lip service but it has shown some good splotches here and there. LIke you said, until they are out of the hands of police they are basically useless... Unless buffoon cops forget to turn it on / off depending on the situation.
edit: some links from quick google search.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/19/us/minneapolis-police-shoo...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/a-cop-fir...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-baton-rouge-shoot...
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> and publish footage in a way that cannot be censored Easier said than done. Police officers are often seeing people on the worst day of their life. It would be an incredible decrease in privacy and general dignity if all footage was just published uncensored. If someone assaulted you and stole your cloths would you want a video online of you being interviewed about the experience with just a towel on (and probably…
In principle, it ought to be possible to ensure an encrypted version of all the video is always uploaded to some governmental servers that the police can not tamper with, where the video can only be accessed under appropriate circumstances by an appropriate authority.
"The presence of body-worn cameras caused police to refrain from the use of force even when its was necessary for self-protection."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-017-9311-5
Tl;dr here: https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/942692766177480704
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Allowing the police to have total control and oversight was, to me, the point where I knew the police body camera idea wasn't going to fix everything right away. It feels like mostly lip service but it has shown some good splotches here and there. LIke you said, until they are out of the hands of police they are basically useless... Unless buffoon cops forget to turn it on / off depending on the situation.
I would say if an officer has their camera off in line of duty, and something happens they should be charged with obstruction of justice.
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In principle, it ought to be possible to ensure an encrypted version of all the video is always uploaded to some governmental servers that the police can not tamper with, where the video can only be accessed under appropriate circumstances by an appropriate authority.
You're abstracting a lot of your argument away. When are "appropriate circumstances?" Who is an "appropriate authority?" Surely not the police department? Or the DA? Those questions are the crux of the issue, not the medium on which the recordings are stored.
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In principle, it ought to be possible to ensure an encrypted version of all the video is always uploaded to some governmental servers that the police can not tamper with, where the video can only be accessed under appropriate circumstances by an appropriate authority.
You're abstracting a lot of your argument away. When are "appropriate circumstances?" Who is an "appropriate authority?" Surely not the police department? Or the DA? Those questions are the crux of the issue, not the medium on which the recordings are stored.
When you need access to an information, the system ask a reason (a procedure number or something) the system can grant it or not and all is logged. You can have a third party or authority notified and they could grant access to more sensible information.
IMHO it seems that the body cameras are quite frequently "malfunctioning" when they would be needed. edit: some links from quick google search. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/19/us/minneapolis-police-shoo... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/a-cop-fir... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-baton-rouge-shoot...
We seem to have a great understanding of the detachment with which a doctor needs to operate to handle a stressful and high stakes daily environment, but somehow totally lack this empathy when it comes to police.