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The article explicitly states that the drastic decline report rates were the same in weeks where they weren't wearing the cameras.
by dbwdyhtbaby 10y ago
The article explicitly states that the drastic decline report rates were the same in weeks where they weren't wearing the cameras.
- nrclark 10y agoCould the decline be explained by the Hawthorne effect? It's been pretty well proven people behave differently when they know they're being studied. Being subjects in the study could have affected their behavior far more than the presence/lack of cameras.
- jbmorgado 10y agoExactly and that only reinforces my point. The policemen would know when they where using the cameras or not and could react accordingly, the people being arrested or having any interaction with the police wouldn't, so they behaved properly in both occasions and/or didn't make false claims about mistreatment by the police.