Minority Community Law Enforcement

Across the country a growing number of legislative departments have been debating about the pros and cons of police body cameras. This paper will further explore benefits, as well as the downfalls of using such devices. This paper will also look at specific cases and examine whether or not body cameras were helpful in various situations. It will examine if they were a deterrent in cases dealing with police brutality and domestic violence. It also looks at how they could be misused and assisting some officers in covering up their corrupt behavior.

Within recent years there has been much controversy surrounding police officers and whether or not they should be wearing body cameras to document their everyday interactions with the public. While the use of body cameras may seem to invade the public or police privacy. Police-worn body cameras will be beneficial to law enforcement and civilians all over the world. Police must be equipped with body cameras to alleviate any doubt in the effectiveness of officers. Law enforcement worn body cameras would enhance the trust of the public by keeping both the officers and the citizens accountable for their actions, providing evidence, and helping protect them from false accusations, while protecting privacy

The dispute of police body cameras truly hit the media hard this week. Blasting from the headlines all citizens were aware that Michael Brown was lethally shot in Ferguson, Missouri. This prompted officers to become fortified with body cameras. This technologically progressive world that we live in today has shaped a world of tweeting, posting and uploading. It’s about time that police departments take advantage of the tools accessible to them, especially with the advancement of equipment. The move forward in technology will help to alleviate speculation on any misconduct perpetrated. There now will be hard honest evidence of any crime committed against a police officer.

In most cases of police-related brutality, the officers, often working in two, back each other because of the culture of brotherhood present in most of the uniformed forces. The body-worn cameras are supposed to ensure that they corroborate the version of the accounts that they give when the Internal Affairs department is debriefing them. Arguably, this premise was what informed the massive adoption within one year of the fatal shooting in Ferguson (Jennings et al. 481). The federal government has invested in the technology as a way of ensuring that police brutality is avoided at all

There is so much crime which occurs in our society today, which it is very difficult to put an end to it. But there is a thing which is common among these crimes which are the criminals. According to the article, "Police body Cams: Solution or scam? Nwanevu the author has stated many questions to which he gathers the responses from three panels who is Mariame Kaba a member of the Chicago antipolice violence organization, David Fleck a vice president and he is also a major manufacturer of the police body cameras, and Connor Boyack who is a president of Utah 's Liberates Institute. This article mentions the popular magazine such as Time magazine, this magazine reports that over a quarter of the country 's police departments are already testing or actively using cameras, including the NYPD and the LAPD (Nwanevu, 2015). Also the author Nwanevu states that The Obama administration has called for the federal funding to support the deployment of as many as 50,000 devices to state and local law enforcement agencies. The administration 's reasoning captures the perspective of most camera supporters. According to the status the usage by police officers will help sustain trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they interact with (Nwanevu, 2015). Reformers have suggested that the video could have gone a long way towards resolving the ambiguities of the Michael Brown case where eyewitnesses had given conflicting stories and also the death of Eric Garner according to

The social media and the public might want police body cam footage release but sometimes it might be to graphic or controversial. Police body cameras have been a topic since the incident with Michael Brown in august of 2014. Police shot and killed an unarmed individual in ferguson, MO, leading to many people wanting cameras on police. Whether the cameras are a good idea or not this paper will explore the facts and sides of police body cameras. Overall body cameras should be required Because they can save the lives of the innocent, keep innocent people from going to jail, and can help a case as more evidence.

Improving accountability and transparency, body cameras aid in deescalating situations between citizens and officers. Ariel favored body cameras “For this reason, body cameras record everything and relay unbiased evidence. They increase transparency, heighten accountability, and keep the actions of all parties in check. In results to this police-public interaction becomes less heated with public. Police officers are more cautious and risk averse when wearing body cameras”

The recommendations of the presidential task force for the increased use of body cameras may build trust between law enforcement and communities. Commentary In response to the recent killings of unarmed black men by the police, the president created a task force to develop recommendations for improving the relationship between the police departments and communities of color. The authors Gary Fields and Colleen McCain Nelson appear to be defending the

Police brutality is a huge issue in today’s society, especially because of the rising tensions between some minorities and the police force. While we can bring attention to the issue through personal recordings, social media, movies, and music, nothing will be fixed unless we continue pushing for change. We need to take action against officers and police departments involved in police brutality. The most efficient way to bring justice to those in need are police cameras. A society pushing for the implementation of dashboard and body cameras in the police force is

Many Americans have thought about the law enforcement’s limits as it has been brought to people’s attention due to the media. Ideas, such as body cameras used by police, have been debated since it became a realistic option. Body cameras are devices that would be placed on an officer’s body or uniform and turned on when an officer is on duty or approaching a civilian. The technology would be used to determine if excessive force was used when subduing a criminal. Social media has played an enormous part in why the topic of body cameras is being disputed.

With so many incidents occurring between law enforcement and civilians, it’s about time we have our officers wear body cameras. Law enforcement wants to use body cameras, many politicians are in favor for them, Civil-rights groups are advocating them, and communities that already have a strong police presence in their neighborhoods are requesting that the police get cameras now. With the uproar of law enforcement and the death of many black American’s, body cameras can be very useful. There is always that missing link when trying to put these horrible moments back together. Far too many times we end up with the suspect dead and only get one side of the story. With the use of body cameras, we can now get more insight on the events that happen (Boyd, 2015).

Body cameras in policing are still new, but more and more agencies are beginning to implement this technology into their line of work. At first police officers were very hesitant to wear these body cameras because they were afraid they would infringe themselves and give away their own privacy. Later, as body cameras were beginning to see more use in the work place, officers began to realize that these very own body cameras that they once thought would only cause themselves harm would actual prove to be useful in a variety of situations. Some of these situations can be citizen complaints, to even backing up an officers use of force. Body cameras can be the one sole thing that can give

Police brutality is the use of excessive force by a law enforcement officer in which the use force is neither warranted nor necessary (Micucci and Gomme 487). While we know the definition of police brutality and excessive force, it is somewhat controversial on what justifies the use of such force. In many different cases across America, there have been riots and revolts involving the use of police brutality by the police party involved. Police brutality is a problem because in many of the cases, people have the impression that the defendants have done nothing wrong that resulted in the officer using excessive force. On the other hand, there are cases where race would be considered as a problem since the tensions between the minority communities and the police force still exists. However, Miller argues that if the race proportions between officers and the ethnicity groups were controlled (meaning more blacks in place of the white officers), evidence suggests that anyone of any race may be involved with cases involving the use of excessive force just as equally (106). The most important part of this topic is whether or not the use of such forces will be justified. According the Prusinski, the reasonableness and the justification of the use of force involves many factors including “the nature of the crime, the safety of both the defendant and the police officers, and whether the defendant was resisting or trying to evade arrest” (854). Because of the consideration of the many different circumstances, conditions and factors, many of cases in which people complain about the use of excessive force are justified under the circumstance of resistance, safety, and nature of the

Because of exceptional results akin to those of the Rialto study, Birmingham police Chief, A.C. Roper plans to equip every officer in Birmingham with a body camera. Since the behavior of the police are so much better, there will be more diversity within the police force. Therefore, the police force’s public image would alleviate, and more people would be willing to join the police force. Diversity will increase the placement of trust in the police force. Diversity will allow the agency to converse more effectively with minority communities. Diversity will allow the police to understand racial perspectives through communication with other police officers. People would believe that their interactions with the police are not based on racial

Much interest in the technology of the body cameras comes from a growing problem that the United States has been having a major problem with police violence. Though some might argue that the wearing of body cameras violate privacy, in fact the use of the cameras will minimize violence, show accountability, and a human side of policing. These body cameras would help serve by providing video evidence that can be referenced and use anytime allegations are made against police officers and criminals alike. The use of these body cameras are somewhat in the evaluation and study stages, but they are quickly becoming the standard in some police departments across the United States. These cameras would not only serve to provide video evidence, but it provide accountability. The ideal policy for the cams is that they stay on and continue recording throughout police officers shifts, which would help eliminate any possibility of doing something that would not be used as evidence later on and help them evade the recording of abuse committed while on duty.