Police body cameras

[LACamper]

I heard on the radio that due to Ferguson Obama wants to supply body cameras to LEO. I was just wondering if that goes for his Secret Service guys... wouldn't you love to have all of that on video!

 

[3fifty7]

I'd love to invest in the company who would get the contract.

 

[US Infidel]

That's ********. Some departments require deputies to purchase their own firearms; but federal tax dollars will provide cameras for free? How about using that federal money to increase law-enforcement salaries. if Wilson had a camera it would've showed that he did everything right, and then what would the natives have as an excuse to riot?

 

[Jed]

Grreat idea, can't wait for all the U tube uploads.

 

[glimmerman]

This could help in the prosecution of criminals! Oops!

 

[Expert684]

Odrama is not worried how the criminals act, but how LEO act? Something wrong here.

 

[EightySix]

They will riot anyway

 

[machinedrummer]

I think all elected politicians should have to wear body cameras. Hmmm wonder how they would feel about that.

 

[MTregre]

I think all elected politicians should have to wear body cameras. Hmmm wonder how they would feel about that.

This

 

[rtr_rtr]

Is everyone really hating on the idea of police body cams? Or just because Obama put it forward? Protects both sides. Showing a video of brown beating the crap out of the officer certainly wouldnt have hurt the officer's case

 

[MrNiceGuy]

It sucks that someone has to pay for them but I don't think it's horrible idea. It'll help put criminals behind bars. 99 percent of the time I'm sure they'll back up what the officer reports and the other 1 percent they deserve to get busted for.

 

[JR1572]

I'm curious, but has something changed? I last heard that there will be funding for 50K body cameras. There are way more officers/deputies on the street in this country than 50K.

JR1572

 

[Jmfox3]

Body cameras in and of themselves are neither bad nor good; just another tool. The problem comes from Obama and Holder trying to create a racial divide based upon a false narrative.

 

[rtr_rtr]

I'm curious, but has something changed? I last heard that there will be funding for 50K body cameras. There are way more officers/deputies on the street in this country than 50K.

JR1572

I'm pretty sure it's still 50k. If there are 500k assigned to the street and they work 8 hr shifts, that works out to about a third having a body cam, assuming they're shared. The portion that works 10s or 12s would cut that percent down, but I think that's the kind of math that brought about the "one third of officers" that I saw mentioned somewhere or other

 

[US Infidel]

^ sharing a camera won't work.

 

[jmcrawf1]

I'm curious, but has something changed? I last heard that there will be funding for 50K body cameras. There are way more officers/deputies on the street in this country than 50K.

JR1572

There is probably 50K officers in NYPD alone.

 

[JR1572]

I'm pretty sure it's still 50k. If there are 500k assigned to the street and they work 8 hr shifts, that works out to about a third having a body cam, assuming they're shared. The portion that works 10s or 12s would cut that percent down, but I think that's the kind of math that brought about the "one third of officers" that I saw mentioned somewhere or other

It's great in theory, but that won't happen. I can tell you from experience "sharing" any equipment in police work is a bad idea because some people take care of their stuff and others destroy their stuff. Cameras, units, whatever, cannot be worked 24/7/365 without a rest.

JR1572

 

[JR1572]

There is probably 50K officers in NYPD alone.

Close to it.

JR1572

 

[radney]

Just a matter of time before these become standard, for better or worse

 

[rtr_rtr]

It's great in theory, but that won't happen. I can tell you from experience "sharing" any equipment in police work is a bad idea because some people take care of their stuff and others destroy their stuff. Cameras, units, whatever, cannot be worked 24/7/365 without a rest.

JR1572

Just logicking the numbers I read. I'm sure there are more factors that decrease the percent, but even 10% would be more than enough to do some great research on the effects of the cameras