Maintaining High Level of Order and Safety

The NYPD began equipping their officers with body-worn cameras. This was an initiative that touts as the revolution in policing. However, for privacy advocates as well as police reformers, this could pose some big issues that may be masked. Well, this is pretty much the same thing with using anabole steroide kaufen; issues are inevitable, we just need to learn how to accept and adapt to it.

The thing is, do these body cams bring real accountability among police or could this risk dangerous expansion of burgeoning surveillance society? Well the answer to this is “both” actually. This is the reason why it is advocated to keep moving forward; assuming that there’s meaningful safeguards that are built into the body-cam program.

For Good or Bad?

The power and effectiveness of a video in improving policing all lies to the fact that it makes every an eyewitness to the interaction between civilians and police and this ranges from shootings to disturbing stop and frisks which are fairly common.

At the same time, video does provide a compelling evidence for police misconduct and this could be used too in training, disciplining, firing and even prosecuting police officers who abuse their authority and power.

Basically, this serves as a potent tool to exonerate officers who are wrongfully accused of misconduct. Not just that, the goal of avoiding inappropriate, illegal police-civilian interactions is likely to be realized because it makes everyone involved and react differently by simply knowing that there is a camera recording their every move.

For What it’s Worth, is it a Good Investment?

The thing is, the effectiveness of such technology will all rely on the way it is used. The release of body-cam policy by NYPD is an illustration of how essential it is in getting the details right, starting with on/off button. Due to the reason that some things take place during the shift of an officer should not be recorded like conversations with undercover officers, confidential informants or even child victims, the program ought to specify incidents that can be recorded and the departments should be vigilant to assure that officers are not manipulating cameras only to steer clear of recording their misconduct.

This would otherwise defeat the entire purpose of the policy in the first place.