The benefits of police body cams are a mythhttp://tcrn.ch/2BFVb7m
The study cited is the only one that supports this headline. All other studies - across far more officers and agencies - show a steep drop in police use of force when wearing bodycams. Here’s the latest study, from Las Vegas. https://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/IRM-2017-U-016112-Final.pdf …
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From TechCrunch’s own previous article on bodycams: “A study out of Cambridge University late last year marked a 93-percent drop in complaints against officers after cameras were introduced.”https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/13/video-evidence-is-meaningless-without-accountability/ …
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Open Disclosure: I’m on the board of directors of Axon, the leading bodycam maker. I’m proud to be on the board *because* the technology has the societal impact you'd hope it does - reducing use of force and reducing complaints about police, when studied at scale.
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