In 2021 the U.S. Justice Department announced that federal agents would be required to wear body cameras when executing arrest warrants or searching buildings. A 2022 Bureau of Justice Statistics report found that 80% of local police departments in the US used body cameras. The study found that departments that used body cameras showed improvement in officer safety, increased evidence quality and reduced civilian complaints.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs
Yes, this will protect the safety and rights of police officers and citizens
@ISIDEWITH7yrs
No, it should be a police department’s or officer’s choice to wear one
@ISIDEWITH7yrs
Yes, but only for patrol officers in high crime areas
@5J4LQMB2yrs
Yes!!! And if anyone fails to do what a man of the law says, like "stop, hands up, etc.", then the policeman has the lawful right to arrest you. If you try to shoot him, he can defend himself and shoot you. If you shoot a policeman, you should be arrested and the punishment should be you life's punishment, no exceptions, no parole.
@5LDXQRM2yrs
Only In black towns/ neighborhoods
@5LDN8JL2yrs
Yes but they should be able to be activated by dispatch officers, not the police officer.
@56WTPKP2yrs
No, police should be retrained to deescalate high-tension situations and react to dangerous suspects with less lethal force. The reason a criminal isn't afraid to shoot a cop is the same reason a soldier isn't afraid to shoot his opponent in battle. If you threaten another person with death, expect them to fight like hell to kill you first. Furthermore, police accused of abusing their power should be tried as if they never had a badge in the first place. Murder is murder regardless of who kills who.
@4XYN4HZ2yrs
I believe that with the world we live in today, where a young man who actually committed two crimes (theft and beating a policeman until he had to go to the hospital) dies from being shot in self defense and he is the hero, it is absolutely 100% in the interest of the officer to wear this device. Generations struggled for equality and most did so under the non-violent protests and gatherings of Dr. King, Jr. Those courageous people did not suffer and bleed and March just for their grandchildren and great grandchildren could just throw down the race card and the start rioting and looting and
@5KJKS7Q2yrs
Hell yes! #BlackLivesMatter
@5KX4BRQ2yrs
All police should be re-trained to learn de-escalation techniques, etc. And if an officer uses excessive force at any time, they should be fired. We need a new approach to policing.
@57JJ5ST2yrs
Regardless, eliminate all tax-based police departments and allow the free market to provide police services
@98YZ79R1 day
All police officers should wear a camera at all times and not have to ability to turn it off
@98XM3RTIndependent3 days
Yes, this will protect the rights of citizens, and will help prevent police brutality and discrimination.
@98VF5YR1wk
yes, it would help them in some bad situations they might find themselves in
@98TQ24G1wk
Yes, so police officers can be more accountable
@98TBJWL1wk
No, but it should be encouraged more
Yes, and they shouldn't have the ability to turn them off themselves.
@98PGP393wks
Yes, to make sure the evidence is proof and make good videos to watch kind of.
Yes, but bodycams do little to stop crime or violence
1984 but on the police. Keep em scared you know. You shouldn't have arrested God.
@98NGL9Z3wks
Yes, and refusing to do so should be considered obstruction of justice
@98NF2NC3wks
Yes, it will offer evidence of misconduct
@98NC8V33wks
yes and it should be on at all times and the video has to go straight to the higher power so the officers cant lie and just kill people without any right
@98LQH8W3wks
Yes so people can tell what actually happened
@98LJKF34wks
No, but they should be encouraged to wear them by providing funding for departments willing to adapt this policy
No, because I do not believe in centralized camera systems
@98J8KN21mo
No, because they could be used for surveillance
@98J7VG91mo
Yes, and missing footage or "malfunction" should be considered as evidence against the officer
@98H72M91mo
Yes, and all footage of non-confidential information needs to be free public access.
@98GPHVW1mo
Yes, and they should not be allowed to ever turn them off.
@98GG9GX1mo
Yes, but I'd prefer to abolish the police
@98G45QW1mo
Yes, this will prevent police officers from abusing their power.
@98FNKJ71mo
Yes, and add penalties for turning them off or not maintaining them in working condition.
Yes, but to protect the officers.
@98F87YN2mos
yes but they should have to give video cam footage
@98CKJRR2mos
Yes, and they should not be allowed to turn them off, and should be treated with suspicion if they are obscured during any public incident.
@98BXPB72mos
Yes, and then abolish the police
@98BV6PB2mos
Yes, just for there protection and everybody elses protection as well
@98BNG6C2mos
Yes, and they should be required to release the unedited footage.
Yes, but only at the federal level and local/state departments that receive federal funding. Let other states and local governments determine at their level
@988Q29R2mos
Yes, and they should be constantly recording while on the clock. There should be no choice in the matter as to when and what is or isn't being recorded.
@986M2M92mos
yes, but the footage should not be made public unless there is an extreme situation
No, and abolish the police and replace them with a private security organization.
@984BM5T2mos
They already wear body cameras. This question is biased.
@983Z6252mos
It really just depends on the situation
Although it should be a police officer's choice to wear one, it would protect the safety and rights of police officers and citizens.
@97XGNXW2mos
No, unless they are a problematic officer and need discipline
@gklewis833mos
No. However, should an officer be potential party to misconduct, they should be confined in jail until the truth of the matter clears them.
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