Contingency factors explaining policy adoption: body-worn camera policy across US states

Pyo, Sunyoung

doi:10.1007/s11077-020-09398-9

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“…Two independent variables (state legislation regarding BWCs and use of physical force complaints) were used to examine the impact of motivation on BWC adoption. Following Pyo (2020), we created the variable state legislation regarding BWCs using the BWC laws database provided by the National Conference of State Legislatures (2018), which lists all the bills related to BWCs and the year they were passed in each state. After analyzing the text, we created a new variable that was merged with the LEMAS data file.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although several studies found that legislative changes and regulatory underpinnings, as well as federal subsidies and targeted grants favored the adoption of innovative practices in police organizations (Drew, 2011; Helms and Gutierrez, 2007; Pyo, 2022), Pyo’s (2020) macrolevel analysis shows that US states that experienced more high-profile police-involved deaths were less likely to adopt BWC legislation if political and socioeconomic resources supporting such action were absent. Conversely, a longitudinal microlevel study that explored the implementation of BWCs in a sample of 139 police departments located in three of the most populous municipalities in each state and in the District of Columbia found that police agencies that experienced higher rates of police-involved deaths of minority residents and higher rates of antipolice brutality protests were significantly more likely to adopt and deploy BWCs (Pyo, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Frequently motivated by privacy concerns (Pyo, 2020), the police unions’ resistance to the implementation of BWC programs is documented by several studies (see Huff et al, 2018 for a review). Although the effect of police unions on BWC adoption at the organizational level was rarely examined, findings indicate that agencies with collective bargaining agreements were less likely to have BWCs (Lawshe et al, 2022; Mrozla and Hellwege, 2020; Nowacki and Willits, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although the effect of police unions on BWC adoption at the organizational level was rarely examined, findings indicate that agencies with collective bargaining agreements were less likely to have BWCs (Lawshe et al, 2022; Mrozla and Hellwege, 2020; Nowacki and Willits, 2018). Moreover, in a state-level analysis, Pyo (2020) found that US states that adopted BWC legislation were not only racially diverse and highly urbanized, but they also lacked strong police unions. Yet a recent event history analysis of 139 municipal police departments shows that the level of BWC adoption was similar when unionized and non-unionized police agencies were compared (Pyo, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Drivers of police agencies’ resistance to body-worn camera adoption

Andreescu

Kim

2022

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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Although the use of video-recording technology in policing is on the rise in the United States, not all police agencies in the country are following this trend. Using Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics Body-Worn Camera Supplement survey data collected in 2016 from a nationally representative sample of general-purpose law enforcement agencies, the present analysis identified some of the factors more likely to predict interagency differences in the intention to adopt body-worn cameras (BWCs). Findings show that resistance to the adoption of BWCs is reported by law enforcement agencies that do not think the new technology is needed, report a lack of support for BWC adoption from the agency's leadership and from patrol officers, and have privacy and cost-related concerns. Although the perceived lack of public support for the adoption of BWCs does not differentiate agencies that intend to acquire BWCs from agencies that do not, police departments that registered a higher percentage of complaints for excessive use of physical force are significantly more likely to oppose the adoption of BWCs. Support for BWC adoption is significantly higher in police departments that have acquired other types of recording equipment in the past. Even though recent state-level legislative changes related to BWCs do not have a significant impact on BWC adoption decisions at the organization level, results indicate that law enforcement agencies located in US states with strong police unions are more likely to show resistance to the adoption of BWCs in the near future.

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Section: Theoretical Framework and Review Of The Literaturementioning

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Section: Theoretical Framework and Review Of The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Framework and Review Of The Literaturementioning

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Drivers of police agencies’ resistance to body-worn camera adoption

Andreescu

Kim

2022

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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“…Thus, the number of Swiss sub-states (26, from which we include 23 in our analysis) aligns well with the medium-N focus of QCA (Schneider and Wagemann 2012). In similar settings, scholars have used QCA to compare Swiss sub-states (Sager and Rielle 2013), to assess the influence of water stress, geographic and economic factors on water recycling in Australia (Kunz et al 2015), or the use of body-worn cameras by policy in US states (Pyo 2020).…”

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Barriers to the Digital Transformation of Infrastructure Sectors

Manny¹,

Duygan²,

Fischer³

et al. 2021

Preprint

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Digital technologies can be important to policy-makers and public servants, as these technologies can increase infrastructure performance and reduce environmental impacts. For example, utilizing data from sensors in sewer systems can improve their management, which in turn may result in better surface water quality. Whether such big data from sensors is utilized is, however, not only a technical issue, but also depends on different types of social and institutional conditions. Our article identifies individual, organizational, and institutional barriers at the level of sub-states that hinder the evaluation of data from sewer systems. We employ fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to compare 23 Swiss sub-states and find that two barriers at different levels can each hinder data evaluation on their own. More specifically, either a lack of vision at the individual level or a lack of resources at the organizational level hinder the evaluation of data. Findings suggest that taking into account different levels is crucial for understanding digital transformation in public organizations.

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Modalities of monitoring: Evidence from cameras and recorders in policing

Whitford,

Whitford

2023

Government Information Quarterly

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Contingency factors explaining policy adoption: body-worn camera policy across US states

Cited by 7 publications

References 43 publications

Drivers of police agencies’ resistance to body-worn camera adoption

Drivers of police agencies’ resistance to body-worn camera adoption

Barriers to the Digital Transformation of Infrastructure Sectors

Modalities of monitoring: Evidence from cameras and recorders in policing

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