cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/37983963
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring body cameras.
Studies have consistently shown that departments that use body cameras experience a drop in complaints against officers, according to the nonprofit Police Executive Research Forum, though it’s not clear if the drop is due to improvements in officer behavior or to a decrease in frivolous complaints.
Why not both?
Why not both?
And should it even matter which or either? They protect everyone involved.
In the UK, a lot of police love the cameras. It makes dealing with drunks a lot easier. Apparently it’s also extremely satisfying to show them how they looked the next morning. The embarrassment factor is often far more effective at correcting behaviour than a fine.
Basically, don’t trust a police officer that complains about cameras. The good ones have nothing to hide, and quite like the convenience.
Easier to cover up crimes if there’s no evidence of it
I’d like to share why things like these piss me off to no end. I need to vent a little so feel free to ignore this as it will be a bit “ranty.”
This isn’t a story about the DEA but more just cops in general. I live in a super small town where everyone is (generally) super nice and so are the police. I see them at the gas station and community events like Holiday parties and cook outs. I’ve known these guys since my parents moved here when I was a kid and I grew up with these guys being around and was even their neighbor at one point. Most of them are not bad people…
That being said, I will never trust them again in my entire life. I don’t give a shit what kind of law enforcement you are, whether that’s a cop, the DEA, or ICE, the fact that the “good ones” are actively watching this happen with basically zero resistance makes me sick. I’m sure they are scared to lose their jobs, themselves, and I’m sure even their families. But at the same time they have no right to feel scared when the people they are meant to “protect and serve” are absolutely terrified. These people aren’t just at risk of losing their job or title, they are at risk of getting literally forced out of their home and sent to another country or a foreign prison.
I guess my point here is this: To all the politicians (Republican and Democrat), police officers, government staff, federal agents, judges, and literally everyone else that is in a position of power while just letting this happen, grow a fucking back bone. They’re going after us now, but it’s only a matter of time before they come for everyone else for the smallest of infractions no matter where they are on the ladder. It’s easy to resist now and the longer we wait the harder it will get. We’re running out of fucking time and nobody in any position of power seems to give a shit beyond their own skin, even if it’s only delaying the inevitable.
Too hard to sprinkle crack on bodies with cameras.
“We want to stop having to make up excuses for turning them off when we break the law, so we’re discontinuing their use entirely.”
