Topic: Police Body Cameras
oceanriderz's photo
Mon 10/26/15 11:12 AM
Good Idea? or?

Datwasntme's photo
Mon 10/26/15 11:28 AM
when they dont turn them off
run out of battery
it does seam to help
i think for the same price as the camera they could test and train them better
<shrug>
but then again you cant train common seance or cure stupid

msharmony's photo
Mon 10/26/15 11:45 AM
yes, helps

NoCatfish2's photo
Mon 10/26/15 12:11 PM
Edited by NoCatfish2 on Mon 10/26/15 12:14 PM
i think for the same price as the camera they could test and train them better
<shrug>
And testing and training can't prepare for every possible situation.

I wish more law enforcement agencies could do what St. Louis did last year. They invited 60 people (aldermen, representatives, etc.) to a special "training day." Eighteen people showed up.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-police-union-shows-politicians-the-stress-of-the/article_750c7761-fcca-563d-9f32-42fa6df0ef0a.html

This is from another article about it. (If you didn't read the other article, when it says "several people shot him," they were using blanks.)
The other scenario featured a prostitute soliciting johns while her pimp loitered about. As the "officers" questioned her and patted her down, typically missing a knife tucked into her waistband, the pimp conspicuously kept one hand in his hoodie pocket. After ignoring several commands to show his hand, he abruptly pulled it out and pointed something in his grip at the officers.

"Several people shot him," Rossomanno says. He fell with a cell phone in his hand.

"This gave us a chance to talk about how cops sometimes have to react to suspicious movements and about how fast and fluid things can be," Steiger explains. "We wanted them to feel the life-or-death pressure of split-second decision-making and to realize that an erroneous decision doesn't necessarily mean that an officer deliberately did wrong."


Body-worn cameras are great, but they have limitations, including not "seeing" everything the wearer sees, and only "2D" recording (no proper sense of distance).

no photo
Mon 10/26/15 05:03 PM
Good Idea? or?

I'll let you know as soon as they're all leaked onto YouTube and totally contaminate a jury pool who think they know everything that happened because they saw it on video.

And as soon as O.J.'s second trial where he raises reasonable doubt that the footage was doctored by the LAPD due to a racial bias.

graygentleman's photo
Mon 10/26/15 05:46 PM
They are just another tool that can be effective if used properly.

They are good for showing what is in front of an officer. They won't show from behind, beside, or in contact with the officer.

Google Eaton Rapids, Michigan that camera did not show the subject on top of the officer beating him. It did not come back into focus until the officer got separation to shoot the subject.