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We do need bodycams on police, but the program needs to be properly administered. Documentation when things break, enough spares so malfunctions are quickly and
by ohitsdom 11y ago
We do need bodycams on police, but the program needs to be properly administered. Documentation when things break, enough spares so malfunctions are quickly and easily replaced. The Chicago PD is clearly rife with corruption, so you can't just point to this program and say it won't work. There are lessons to be learned here, and they can be avoided with actual (and immediate) accountability.
- tedks 11y agoI think it's naive to assume that prosecutors will ever prosecute cops without massive public outcry, that police departments are at all capable of policing themselves (including documenting broken bodycams), or even that politicians are going to have enough teeth to stand up to the police unions. It's so naive it borders on stupidity. Do you really think "documentation" would change anything? It'd just lead to "Oops, didn't know that was broken sarge, I'll get a spare." "Oops, looks like all the spares are gone. Sarge, can you order some more?" "Oops, forgot to order some spares. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow." Chicago is especially corrupt (as far as I know it's the only metropolitan police force with its own CIA-esque black site), but it's absolutely naive to think this can work anywhere. This is just the tip of the spear.