Police Should Be Required To Wear Body Cameras

This is an important debate to many people, because it can change crime rates and rate of police brutality dramatically. If a police officer is wearing a body camera it could save their life because the offender will know they are being watched and probably won’t try to attack the officer. As with any positives, there are negatives, like the expence of the cameras per officer as large. Also, don 't forget that they are an invasion of privacy.

Making sure that every officer has a body camera will cut down on brutality and excessive force, making it safer for the officer and the civilian or suspect. With proper tranning it will create more accountability and cost will also be cut from false accusations creating better edvidence.

Body cameras on police officers in this day and age should be required for all departments. Body cameras should be worn to not only protect the officers but also the civilians that come into contact with police officers. It can give valuable information on what happened during an interaction between the public and law enforcement. This can protect the citizens from abuse by the police, as well as give necessary information into officer related shootings. All states should require their branches of law enforcement to require body cameras while on duty.

“We’re not anti-police, we’re anti-police brutality,” said Al Sharpton. It has to be understood that people fighting for justice are not against the police, they are against police brutality. Many cases that involve police using excessive force on civilians are occurring. There is not evidence being recorded because either officers do not have their body cameras or they are not turning them on. Innocent police officers and also innocent civilians are being charged guilty without proof of what actually happened in the encounter. Some officers are using their authority to pin everything on the civilian by using fake eyewitnesses and testimonies. Because of this, the public is having a hard time trusting authorities. It should be mandatory for police officers to have body cameras because it eliminates chances of them using excessive force, clears the confusion, and helps gain the public’s trust in them.

Imagine if every police officer in the United States had to be required to wear body cameras. The questioning between officer Darren Wilson and Mike Brown could have been solved if a body camera could have captured the incident. This can increase the better outcomes of police officers and their job. People will be able to see everything that happens through the camera 's lens. How do you feel about body cameras being worn? Even though some people believe police officers should not have to wear body cameras, I believe that police officers should be required to wear body cams at all times on duty because it creates more evidence in cases, enforces officers to abide by the laws,and builds trust with the community.

The body cameras will record of what occurred and this camera will be the tool which will make it clear whether the officer was justified in using force and also it will prove the fact that the officer was correct. Everyone has a right to act in self defense. The video from the body camera presents an unbiased account of the events. This is a very important fact because nowadays when police officers make an assert of a criminal we see that most of the criminals are African American which makes them biased. The body cameras has no motive to lie and it has no stake in the outcome. It merely records the event as it happens. If a police officer acts lawfully, then he should not be blamed and accused wrongfully. The officers have the right to defend themselves and not suffer the punishment which they do not deserve. The usage of the body camera will not only provide the officers defense but it will be this strongest witness which will not be argued with. There are some drawbacks to the use of body cameras such as privacy concerns for both officers and the citizens when they encounter each other. The storage of data capturing images of innocent people, the possible tampering with the images, and the

First, police officers should be required to wear body cameras because of increased police brutality. According to several websites, police brutality has gone up 25% since 2001.That number is staggering considering the number of violent crimes dropped 4% in the past year alone, bringing the number of crimes to the lowest it's been in forty years. Some people claim that police brutality hasn't gone up, and the media just started covering it more. Those claims, however, become smothered by hard facts. Some people just can’t seem to face the truth. The media must be covering more because of more frequent occurances.

body cam's will save lives if used the right way it could keep another incest black person from getting shot. body cams can stop most of the police brutality. if we take a cop court and ask him why does the report you filed stat something that did not happen we can just look at the body com video and it would give us all the proof we need. but should the cops be aloud to look at the video because that could tamper with it if that did some thing wrong in the video and dose't want anyone to see or they side some thing wrong. these are all things that could happen wile the cop has free time he or she can simply edit the video capered by the body

Police body cameras are on the verge of changing policing as we know it here’s why. One police officers can’t be expected to remember everything. Two it will provide cops a place for cops to reflect on what they did. Three body cameras will reduce fake reports.

The high rising crime of police officers abusing their powers in America is bringing up the controversy of whether police officers should wear body cameras or not. All police officers should wear body cameras to enhance their relations with the community, and everyone will behave better.

I strongly agree that police officers should wear body cameras.The use of body cameras should reduce the force by police officers and lessen the complaints by citizens against the police.In general body camera footage should reduce dishonesty in incident reports.For too long, illegal use of force by police officers has been shrouded from public view by means of dishonest reporting. The use of body cameras should also make police officers want to carry themselves better.It should provide officers with a platform for reflection, self criticism and self improvement.Video footage will provide police officers with a potent tool for reliable supervision.Exposure to the video footage will almost certainly enable them to provide richer and more

In this perspective, police should definitely be required to wear body cameras for these reasons. Police should obtain wearing body cameras, because it will benefit the safety of both the officers and the citizens. Even though the opposition believes that using

I agree with all patrol officers having body cameras or cameras on their vehicles in effort to make a change in the way people view the police. On social media, we are constantly shown the bad officers that could have done something different, maybe saving someone's life instead of taking it away.  Officers can lie about when they

For those people who have friends or family members that’s getting killed by polices and nobody have video of it, while say hello to Body Cameras for all the polices. Body cameras on police is very good because it helps prevent crime for the killing of these polices. According to Cato, 92% of the people support police body cameras (Cato, 1). Police Body Cameras should be used accurse the whole united states because it been happening a lot recently. The Body cameras is very important because the judge or government can see what really happen. Police Body cameras can have fixed a lot of problems like having the police change their behavior, it also gives the good evidence with a nice clear picture, also evidence for arrest and prosecution, which police

I couldn't have said this better myself. There is no way we can be totally against deadly force because those officers have families of their own to go home to. Deadly force gives them a chance to get home to their families. Justifying the law would make everything easier for everyone. It can help put those officers who abuse power on a tight rope. Not saying its going to work out but we won't know unless we try. So yes the body cameras are a great idea. There are plenty of more actions for us towards making sure the law is better for the protectors and the protected.