Re:America is turning against facial-recognition software
by alexryan on Saturday May 25, 2019 @06:36AM
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No good person wants criminal police officers to not be held to account but simply passing laws is unlikely to have the desired effect.
Many police departments in the united states are already highly corrupted at the highest levels. Its not as bad as it is in Mexico where the drug lords have actually taken over, but its getting close.
I agree that this is a unreasonably high standard to hold people whose job doesn't have anything to do with being the sole arbiter of violence and defusing dangerous situations at the trust and expense of taxpayers and local citizens to.
If they don't want accountability as police officers, they can go find another job.
Edit: unless you meant not supervisors but the policymakers who define "punishable behaviour", in which case getting rid of body cams is about as helpful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.