Phyllice Holliday
Ms.Cooney
English CP10
30 October 2017
Police Body Cameras
Anthony loved to sell candy and toys to the kids in and out of his neighborhood. One evening he was on his way to the store to stock back up on candy and toys, when a police officer stopped him and asked him questions. Anthony merely kept walking because his mom told him to come straight home and don’t talk to anyone. At that point the officer yelled “Hey stop right there, and put your hands up”. Anthony turned around and started to back up, then the officer pulled the trigger. Police body cameras are attachable cameras that go on their uniforms to be on continuously. policemen should wear body cameras so they can record incidents that happen in that time period,
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According to Tsin, “ One hypothesis is that body cameras have a civilizing effect on behavior on both sides of the camera” (Tsin). This proves that body cameras speaks for both the police officer and the citizen. This also shows that body cameras can establish trust between the police officer and the communities they serve. As Tsin stated in “Body Cameras Increase Police Transparency and Accountability”, “the use of body cameras can also improve the gathering of evidence at a crime scene by providing an accurate and contemporaneous record of events” (Tsin point). This shows that body cameras are accurate and aren’t based on the officer's memory of what happened. This also proves that less errors are made when using body cameras because memory are just photos and you have to go back and fill in the blanks and that’s where the errors come to reality. Not only do policemen wear body cameras to record incidents properly, they also should to determine what …show more content…
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