Are Body Cameras Good Or Bad

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Crime is becoming more and more of a problem to this day, and it will only continue to get worse. People will always lie about the truth and the wrong people will get accused for something that they did not do. But there is a way to fix it. Police body cameras are a great start to stopping people getting misaccused and will slow down crime and wrongdoings. How will this work? Police are here to protect the citizens, that is their duty as a cop. However, police cannot do their duties if the citizens do not let them. People have completely turned on policemen saying they are racist, liars, and abusive. In some cases this may be true, however there is only one way to find out. Body cameras. This will show what actually happened, to show if the …show more content…

There are many cases where it has shown the cameras do work. It not only shows if the citizens are in the wrong and what actually happened but it also shows if there is any police brutality going on and the cameras will help bring that to an end. In 2014 a young teenage boy by the name of Michael Brown was shot and killed by an officer. Brown has said to be unarmed and the cop just shot him (Stanley), this is a big start to police cameras. If the officer had been wearing one, we would have known exactly everything that had happened. In Greensboro, North Carolina, a police body-mounted camera shows an escaped juvenile throwing a weapon at the officer. An incident in Arizona shows a scene from the traffic from the dash cam but then it goes to the sidewalk where the dashcam can no longer see (Keneally). In New Mexico, a body camera shows a cop non stop shooting a mentally disabled man. In Florida, the camera shows a man stabbing another man and he would not stop so the cops had to shot the guy. It also shows a women trying to run from the cops (Keneally). WIthout body cameras, none of these incidents could have been caught and either the cop would get in trouble for something he did not do and the citizen was trying to start stuff by saying it was the cop so everybody would turn against cops, or the cameras could not have caught the incidents where the …show more content…

We need information that will show the whole truth with leaving nothing behind. These cameras are good for that, they show both sides to every story (White). It shows unpredictable human behavior from both the citizens and the cops, which is very beneficial to give evidence for court cases and bring justice for the one who was being accused or who got hurt (White). Footage from the cameras has helped many investigations and also helps with training

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