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From: David Alan Cook10/5/2013 7:30:11 AM
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See reference to using thousands of these body cameras. Communities are now donating money for police departments to buy these cameras

From Issue: Volume XXI - Number 20
10/4/2013


By Jay Beeler

Recently I overheard a CBS news report about the use of police wearing body cameras resulting in an 88 percent decrease in complaints against police officers. That got my attention.

Doing some internet research, I found that statistic published in the New York Times concerning the Rialto, Calif. Police Department; it further stated that police use of force declined 60 percent. These are not surprising statistics inasmuch as people will behave differently if they know their actions are being recorded and can be used as evidence in a court of law.

The public is already armed with recording devices, such as cell phones and camcorders, often taken at great distances and missing much of the activity leading up to the physical action.

A spokesman for Digital Ally, one of several companies that make the devices, told me that 99 percent of the time police officers are vindicated from charges of abuse or improper conduct when these devices are in use. He further stated that there are thousands of police departments currently using them, either by individual officers or by the entire department.
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