Body Worn Cameras Pros And Cons

Program Outputs With the implementation of body worn cameras, it has the potential to positively influence law enforcement-community relations, the efficiency of the court system, and relieve overcrowding in prisons. The use of body worn cameras will decrease citizen’s complaints, use of force incidents, and the caseloads for attorneys. The video footage that is collected by officers wearing body worn camera can provide better cases and has an exceptional tool in prosecuting domestic violence offenders, especially involving victims who are hesitant to testify. Body worn cameras can be a valuable addition to the equipment and technology used by law enforcement. Body-worn cameras can protect police officers and the public from wrongful accusation

When it comes to discussing cost-benefits analysis in implementing body-worn cameras, the annual costs, and benefits per user (officers wearing a body worn camera for a year). The body-worn cameras estimate cost would be $599 dollars for 1,400 patrol officers. The cost of training these officers would roughly cost $6,200 dollars yearly. The storage data for all 1,400 patrol officers body-wore cameras will cost 2 million dollars. The tangible would be the body worn cameras and the training. The intangible would be the self-evaluation, behavior improvement, civilization and uncertainty. The benefits derived from the estimated decrease of 50 complaints per 100 users as well as the reduced cost to investigate each complaint and the reduced amount of time it takes to resolve a complaint when it video evidence is available. The cost-benefit analysis will cover the body-worn camera installation, training operation, and maintenance cost. These costs include a one-time facility and infrastructure upgrades and a recurring cost such licenses and storage. The estimated cost of labor that is required to investigate an average complaint, with and without BWC evidence. Body worn cameras can save over $6,200 in an officers’ time spent investigating and average compliant, compared to complaint investigations for officers without BWC. The estimated annual monetary benefits per body worn camera user, using the results of the impact evaluation, the body-worn camera user group would have an average of 50 complaints per 100 users. The estimated benefits of $4,006 per BWC user per year. These benefits are driven primarily by the reduced cost of investigating complaints. The estimated cost for BWCs would range between $828 and $1,097 per user per year. It would generate a net annuals savings of between $2, 909 and $3,178 per user.