I don't do my job with a gun or a mandate to maintain law and order. To reiterate your earlier point: any comparison to any other job is an unfair one. It doesn

I don't do my job with a gun or a mandate to maintain law and order. To reiterate your earlier point: any comparison to any other job is an unfair one. It doesn't matter how I would behave if someone were looking over my shoulder, it only matters how much more insight and oversight the general public would have into those who supposedly serve them. To be cliche: "With great power comes great responsibility." We don't need to go on an in-person ride along on Friday night: we can put cameras on them and let the whole of posterity go on every ride-along. Your point about a chilling effect on good cops due to lawsuits seems flimsy. Potentially frivolous lawsuits won't be resource intensive because they would have hard and fast evidence (video) for a prosecutor or jury to make a decision on. Good cops that know they are good cops could act confidently, reassured that their protocol-following actions are recorded. Citizens that might otherwise be mouthy, physically resistant, or whatever else might behave better knowing that the camera is watching. It really seems like a win-win for all parties involved, except for the "bad apples" and their supporters. Also, I don't suggest that we disband police forces. I do believe that policing in the United States needs to be more "peace officer"-like rather than SWAT-like. I feel that we are trending towards the latter.