>How do you feel about the weaker claim that footage of all police action in public spaces should be available and searchable? I have trouble with that, too.

>How do you feel about the weaker claim that footage of all police action in public spaces should be available and searchable? I have trouble with that, too. Being a crime victim should not mean that video footage of yourself in the immediate aftermath of the crime is publicly available and searchable. Imagine that a young girl is walking her family dog in a park, and that she is attacked and raped. The girl calls the police, who respond to the park. I don’t think that footage should be publicly available and searchable. Also, “footage of all police action in public spaces” would routinely include information like people’s names, addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers. I am in favor of transparency, but I don’t think that absolute transparency would be a net benefit to society.