In the wake of the lethal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri a petition has been launched to have the White House look into requiring all police officers in the country to wear body cameras. The petition has now exceeded 128,000 signatures, the Obama Administration said it will respond to petitions that exceed 100,000.
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.
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
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.
Only In black towns/ neighborhoods
Yes but they should be able to be activated by dispatch officers, not the police officer.
Regardless, eliminate all tax-based police departments and allow the free market to provide police services
Hell yes! #BlackLivesMatter
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.
No, it gives too much leverage to the pigs
Abolish the police. Replace them with trained disaster and mental health professionals, social resources, and community-employed security with limited authority... all of which should require that professionals wear body cameras.
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Yes, but only for police officers that have violated their department’s standards, someone’s constitutional rights, caused unnecessary violence, breaking a law, or judging someone by the color of their skin it should make the police officer that has the body camera feel obligated to make the proper decisions
Yes, we have the right to protect ourselves if something goes wrong or people are mistreated. The people need proof.
If the police were abolished, we would save the need for Body Cameras.
States rights is where this belongs
Yes, and it should be illegal to turn off the body cam or tamper with the footage
Yes, and it should be a crime for an officer to turn it off
yes becuse we don't more black people get killed so yeah.
Yes and punishments accordingly to those who do not use them appropriately or turn them off
It should be encouraged, but who's paying for it?
Yes, and they should be ones with at least 60 FPS so it is easy to see what's happening. and the footage should be public unless if it infringes on peoples rights or puts lives in danger
Yes, but only if the video is protected for individual and officer rights and not automatically available to the public.
Yes, and should be on at all times so that the footage from that and any possible footage from any bystanders of a situation, can be used in a court of law aa evidence.
Yes, and make all collected footage publicly accessible
Yes! Yes! A 1000x yes!
it should be recommended
yes incase something happens to someone dies
Highly suggested for officers' safety
Defund the police. The police are racist.
Yes and no because they should be able to chose if they wear one or not but it is also nice to have on when you are doing something and need to go back look to see what you did wrong or what you could have done better and they might need it as evidence to what actually happen to make sure no one is lying
No, it should be up to the local community to decide
Yes and it must be on.
Yes, until they learn how to behave
Yes, abolish the police
Yes, and must be running at all times with review of the footage.
And can not turn them off. Live streamed and saved.
Yes but only when an officer is on patrol or had a history of getting into questionable situations
Only if full and unedited videos are available so footage cannot be manipulated and it should be understood they may not be able to capture the full context of a situation
Yes, but there should be no increase in police budget to fund these cameras
It would be too easy to rig the footage for both sides.
No, only the officers who were convicted of abuse of power etc.
Only some officers like if they are new or if they have a anger or something propblem like that.
Yes, and they should be required to stay on when making a traffic stop or arrest
Yes, and general public should have access to the footage.
Yes, when involved with someone but not all the time.
Yes, but the cameras should not be able to be manually turned on or off by the officers
Yes, this will help prove that law enforcement officers are doing their job properly
Yes, and any thing that happens off camera should be considered pre-meditated on the part of the officer
Yes, when it comes to officers committing crimes against people of color even WITH body cams officers still get off with a light slap on the wrist but judges seem to turn a blind eye when there are no cameras. Body cams would be the first step in making sure that officers get convicted as well. Just because you wear blue doesn’t mean you automatically leave all of your human impulses at the door
Yes because we don't usually know the full act in crime, unless we actually see what's going on. Now in time not all police officers are good so we need to know the full story.
Should all cell phone footage be required to be turned in if it is a recording of a police officer/ citizen altercation that shows the full story instead of just what the media has released?
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