Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
by bjdixon on Monday March 17, 2014 @06:59PM
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This exactly. Really tough and often thankless job. As shown in Rialto everybody wins when the police wear cameras. Complaints down 88%, use of force down 60% http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/california-poli...
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Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
by gnaritas on Monday March 17, 2014 @07:20PM
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> Complaints down 88%, use of force down 60%
Which really just shows how much better cops behave when they know they're being watched and justifies complaints about their corruption.
Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
by brc on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:33PM
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It would also be a drop in spurious complaints which have no merit. If there is recorded evidence, and the potential complainant knows that exists, then they are less likely to make things up.
Many of the people who deal with police on a frequent basis are skilled liars. They know how to stymie investigations by tying the officers up in paperwork. Having video evidence would prevent spurious complaints.
Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
by gnaritas on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:34PM
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> It would also be a drop in spurious complaints which have no merit.
Fair point. However, I was a cop, and I know better than to trust cops.
Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
by wisty on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @12:03AM
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It will also make people less stressed when dealing with cops (as they know the cop will behave well), and it will discourage people from resisting arrest / attacking the police, because they know they'll be caught on camera.
Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
by MartinCron on Monday March 17, 2014 @10:00PM
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It would also be a drop in spurious complaints which have no merit.
That's great too! Win-win!