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I suspect that it has a lot to do with the sheer amount of data these cameras generate. I know that a lot of agencies have gotten grants to buy body cameras, b

I suspect that it has a lot to do with the sheer amount of data these cameras generate. I know that a lot of agencies have gotten grants to buy body cameras, but the ever-increasing data storage costs are causing them to have to abandon the cameras. I think a lot of our problems with police in the US stem from the fact that they are not protectors of the public so much as they are enforcers of government policy. They have strayed from the original mission, in other words. Were we to treat them no differently than regular citizens, instead of giving them elevated status as "King's Men" we might fix the underlying problem instead of using technology as a band-aid to regulate their behavior. It's a hard, sometimes dangerous job, but my answer to that is, if you can't accept that, then don't do it.

ejo4041 9y ago
Can't we actually calculate how much space it will consume? I think there are solutions out there as others have pointed out, storing remotely on servers, compression of archived video, etc. Storage costs have come way down and recording technology has advanced a lot in the last 10 years. Like many others, I think it should be a requirement of the job. If you are on duty, it is recording. You are paid to do the job. No different than an employer recording web traffic IMO, they get to see what you are doing while they are paying you. If questions come up, they can review the evidence. If you don't like it, don't take that job.