It reduces them. (Reply #9) - Democratic Underground

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 07:22 PM

Igel (32,635 posts)

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-scientific-report-shows-police-body-worn-cameras-can-prevent-unacceptable-use-of-force

Link to OR: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10940-014-9236-3

Less revenge, more prevention.

Pop culture glamorizes the police. Pop culture glamorizes givingthe police a hard time as a sign of pride or contributing to some sort of justice. Making routine encounters into a kind of personal challenge is precisely the wrong thing to do--whether in politics, in personal relationships, or in encounters with civil servants.

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
so what are the real solutions to police killings? [View all]	backwoodsbob	Dec 2014	OP
It has to start at the management level.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2014	#1
Cameras cannot be the total solution. Add Citizen review of every time a LEO fires his/her weapon.	Vincardog	Dec 2014	#2
Richmond California has done a decent job of reigning in excessive force	Luminous Animal	Dec 2014	#3
Actually if you want to stop it all, enforce the laws equally.	Rex	Dec 2014	#4
disciplining and removing bad officers,	KMOD	Dec 2014	#5
Fighting poverty is the only solution.	_Blue_	Dec 2014	#6
Do you really believe wearing cameras is going to stop police killings of black men?	Hutzpa	Dec 2014	#7
It reduces them.	Igel	Dec 2014	#9
Body cameras spotted this	JonLP24	Dec 2014	#12
We just have to take these matters seriously and not sweep them ...	dawg	Dec 2014	#8
Better proposal.	Igel	Dec 2014	#10
Perhaps each state needs to have an independant shooting investigaiton team	rustydog	Dec 2014	#11
More detailed background investigations of prospective cops	jmowreader	Dec 2014	#13
I say make the Chief of Police be responsible to the State Attorney General for that expectation.	MrMickeysMom	Dec 2014	#14
Good start	Ramses	Dec 2014	#15

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