Police Body-Worn Cameras: Perceptions of Law Enforcement Leadership

Smykla, John Ortiz; Crow, Matthew S.; Crichlow, Vaughn J.; Snyder, Jamie A.

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“…Despite methodological challenges, the findings from this body of work illuminate some themes for law enforcement and provoke hypotheses for further testing for researchers. For example, one consistent theme that has been reported in many of these studies is that once officers start using cameras, they feel positive (or at least neutral) about BWCs, or they become more positive about them over time (see, e.g., Ellis et al, 2015;Fouche, 2014;Grossmith et al, 2015;Jennings, Fridell, & Lynch, 2014;Jennings et al, 2015;Koen, 2016;McLean, Wolfe, Chrusciel, & Kaminski, 2015;Smykla et al, 2015;Toronto Police Service, 2016;. Additionally, have found that officer receptivity to BWCs may also be influenced by participating in shared events with other officers who are wearing BWCs.…”

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Research Summary In this article, we provide the most comprehensive narrative review to date of the research evidence base for body‐worn cameras (BWCs). Seventy empirical studies of BWCs were examined covering the impact of cameras on officer behavior, officer perceptions, citizen behavior, citizen perceptions, police investigations, and police organizations. Although officers and citizens are generally supportive of BWC use, BWCs have not had statistically significant or consistent effects on most measures of officer and citizen behavior or citizens’ views of police. Expectations and concerns surrounding BWCs among police leaders and citizens have not yet been realized by and large in the ways anticipated by each. Additionally, despite the large growth in BWC research, there continues to be a lacuna of knowledge on the impact that BWCs have on police organizations and police–citizen relationships more generally. Policy Implications Regardless of the evidence‐base, BWCs have already rapidly diffused into law enforcement, and many agencies will continue to adopt them. Policy implications from available evidence are not clear‐cut, but most likely BWCs will not be an easy panacea for improving police performance, accountability, and relationships with citizens. To maximize the positive impacts of BWCs, police and researchers will need to give more attention to the ways and contexts (organizational and community) in which BWCs are most beneficial or harmful. They will also need to address how BWCs can be used in police training, management, and internal investigations to achieve more fundamental organizational changes with the long‐term potential to improve police performance, accountability, and legitimacy in the community.

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“…However, other studies have shown that police perceptions of BWV changed over time as officers reported growing familiarity with the technology and an appreciation for its benefits (Katz et al, 2014). A survey of law-enforcement command staff found that staff with less experience tended to be more sceptical than more experienced officers of the potential for BWV to make officers and communities safer, though both younger and older officers appreciated its benefits (Smykla et al, 2015). Other surveys found that a majority of officers are comfortable with the technology.…”

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Automated policing: the case of body-worn video

Bowling

Iyer

2019

International Journal of Law in Context

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This paper examines the impact of body-worn video (BWV) on the police craft skills of close observation, note-taking, investigative analysis, report-writing and preparation of evidence for the courts. It explains how the technology functions and explores its surveillant, investigative, probative and regulatory applications. The evidence shows that policing tasks are being transformed by BWV cameras and analytics such as facial recognition. The paper argues that BWV exemplifies the automation of policingthe replacement of police labour with mechanical devicesand explores the implications of this for transparency, accountability, fairness and police discretion.

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“…Accordingly, continuous filming policies, where BWCs are available, tend to be inconsistent with law enforcement "occupational culture," according to Hedberg et al (2017, p. 644). On the streets, this translates into officer concerns that BWCs could inhibit them from using necessary force, which would make them less safe (Smykla et al, 2016).…”

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“…The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the empirical status of BWCs. Though previously explored in other scholarship (e.g., Gaub et al, 2017;Jennings, Fridell, & Lynch, 2014;Pelrey & Keener, 2016;Smykla et al, 2016), this examination differs by giving direct voice to officers on this issue. As part of a larger empirical endeavor on law enforcementarticulated strategies and views on policing gang violence, this subset of analyses presents officer insights on BWCs in a Southern American State.…”

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“…The impact of this trend on crime, policing strategies, and practices has been the subject of a growing body of research (see e.g., Gaub, Todak, & White, 2017;Yokum, Ravishankar, & Coppock, 2017). The demand for BWCs was shaped by news and social media coverage of unarmed, young, black, males dying at the hands of law enforcement (Doleac, 2017;Hedberg, Katz, & Choate, 2017;Smykla, Crow, Crichlow, & Snyder, 2016;). Nowhere was this more evident than the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson (MO).…”

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Body-Worn Cameras in the Post-Ferguson Era: An Exploration of Law Enforcement Perspectives

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2018

J Police Crim Psych

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Police Body-Worn Cameras: Perceptions of Law Enforcement Leadership

Cited by 92 publications

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Automated policing: the case of body-worn video

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