[–] Gerplunckamo 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
Oh shit, I'm about to be caught committing police brutality
Turns camera off
[–] InMediaRes [S] 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
The whole thing is rife with security, transparency, and privacy problems. Eg:
LAPD has said it does not plan on publicly releasing the recordings
[–] DownByTheRiver 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
While they don't plan on it, I would assume the recordings will be released via FOIA requests. And that means countless lawsuits to have the FOIA requests actually followed.
[–] donkeyqong 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Do you expect the police to post unedited streams of every camera on a searchable database? What do you expect?
[–] NateThomas1979 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Stage 1 - Complete.
Stage 2 - Video is automatically uploaded to an offsite location monitored by employees of IA
Stage 3 - Officers cannot automatically turn on/off recordings
[–] Echo_of_Savages 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Yeah the videos need to be recorded by a third party. Can't trust the police
[–] treyman780 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
A transparent third party that makes the recordings accessible to the public. Unfortunately in the US, money does way too much talking to make things that easy.
[–] NateThomas1979 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
I'm not sure you'd ever be able to achieve that. The closest compromise I could see is internal affairs. Considering they investigate dirty cops that might be the closest thing to an impartial investigation that would be allowed in court or as a law
[–] ThePieAssassin 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Wow are these things really costing $1,700 each? Someone is getting ripped off IMO.
[–] Perturabo 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
And immediately afterwards they will simultaneously have some sort of "technical malfunction".
Out of all the law enforcement agencies in America the LAPD is probably the one that I would expect this body camera program to improve the least. I'd be very happy to be proven wrong, but given their track record...
[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I've got a better idea, why don't we just attach cameras to all the criminals?
[–] InMediaRes [S] 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
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