Police personal cameras

[philipjohn]

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[PaulJRobinson]

Tricky. Agree for armed response officers. But all officers? Have a feeling
this could be abused and be a huge invasion of privacy. If a 'Bobby on the
beat' mistreats you, you can go to IPCC (although strong argument for
reforming IPCC, that's a different issue). If an armed officer mistreats
you, it could lead to death. Much greater case for monitoring actions of
Armed Officers only.
On 9 Jan 2014 13:38, "philipjohn" notifications@github.com wrote:

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• Police personal cameras

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[philipjohn]

To my mind it serves two purposes;

1. Protects officers from accusations of brutally (as many people scream
   out when being arrested or 'moved on')
2. Protects the public from mistreatment as officers know if they make a
   wrong move, it'll be caught

I think those benefits are valuable in all situations, not just high-risk
ones. It's already been done in Staffordshire:
http://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/10/14/police-officers-in-lichfield-and-burntwood-to-be-issued-with-body-cameras/

[PaulJRobinson]

Ok. If it's already been trialled it would be good to extend this.

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Paul Robinson

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On 9 January 2014 14:44, philipjohn notifications@github.com wrote:

To my mind it serves two purposes;

1. Protects officers from accusations of brutally (as many people scream
   out when being arrested or 'moved on')
2. Protects the public from mistreatment as officers know if they make a
   wrong move, it'll be caught

I think those benefits are valuable in all situations, not just high-risk
ones. It's already been done in Staffordshire:

http://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/10/14/police-officers-in-lichfield-and-burntwood-to-be-issued-with-body-cameras/

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[frankieroberto]

Isn't this an operational matter for individual police forces? Not sure it should be a national policy.

[philipjohn]

Just saw this on twitter: @jearle @JackofKent 88% decline in complaints when the police had cameras attached, 60% decline in violence by police: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/business/wearable-video-cameras-for-police-officers.html?_r=0

[stringfellow]

👍

[PaulJRobinson]

👍

[Floppy]

👍 on that basis. @philipjohn, can you include a link to that evidence in the policy itself before we merge?

[philipjohn]

Yes, good call! :)