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Presumably this sort of thing will become harder to maintain as bodycams become more prevalent. It seems plausible that anti-corruption NGOs could request the
by theptip 6y ago
Presumably this sort of thing will become harder to maintain as bodycams become more prevalent.
It seems plausible that anti-corruption NGOs could request the bodycam footage (anonymized, I suppose) under public records disclosure laws. (e.g. see https://www.rcfp.org/bodycam-video-access/ https://www.rcfp.org/bodycam-video-access/, though I'd be really interested in what others think about the likely legal interpretations of disclosure requirements.)
Yet another reason to push for more bodycams, and auditability/disclosure of that footage; sunlight is often the best disinfectant.
- sbilstein 6y agoGiven that we have lots of body cam footage of police brutality now yet haven’t significantly moved the needle on reducing incidences, I’m not hopeful that will make a difference. Maybe incentives for snitching on fellow police would work better?
- djaque 6y agoThe problem right now is that camera footage is handled by the police departments. Any oversight requires the police to operate in good faith. Thinking back to how many news reports I've seen where the footage was "lost" or "the cameras were not switched on" I don't have any trust in that type of system. We really need third party monitoring.
- BitwiseFool 6y agoPlus, think of the thousands of hours of footage that is regularly collected. Without some incident or reason to inspect the video, most of the incidents would go undetected.