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Study says body cameras don’t always change police behavior

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In theory, body cameras are supposed to not only catch police abuses of power, but deter them: officers will be on their best behavior knowing that they could be hauled in. As Washington, DC researchers have learned, though, that isnt guaranteed. Theyve published a study showing that body cameras didnt significantly affect officers use of force or the number of civilian complaints in either direction. While there were actually 74 more uses of force per 1,000 officers when body …<...
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