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Should police be required to wear body cams?
Data is still muddied as to whether or not body cams reduce police misconduct. I feel like it is a gross invasion of personal privacy but, if you can turn them off so, they don't roll when you're just eating lunch with your buddies or talking shop with the detectives, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. In my opinion, police should be required to fire their cameras up for all stops. That would prevent police brutality, bribes, cops confiscating contraband and pocketing it.
It could also potentially cut back on police giving people breaks. And citizen's wouldn't like that very much. Pull someone over for 20 over, with a body cam, would they be required to write them up for 20 over, and not bump it down to 15 for cooperation?
Opinions?
Data is still muddied as to whether or not body cams reduce police misconduct. I feel like it is a gross invasion of personal privacy but, if you can turn them off so, they don't roll when you're just eating lunch with your buddies or talking shop with the detectives, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. In my opinion, police should be required to fire their cameras up for all stops. That would prevent police brutality, bribes, cops confiscating contraband and pocketing it.
It could also potentially cut back on police giving people breaks. And citizen's wouldn't like that very much. Pull someone over for 20 over, with a body cam, would they be required to write them up for 20 over, and not bump it down to 15 for cooperation?
Opinions?