Police Body-Worn Cameras

Mateescu, Alexandra; Rosenblat, Alex; boyd, danah

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“…When evaluating the implementation of BWV in agencies thus far, the scarcity of evidence is problematic (Mateescu, Rosenblat, & Boyd, 2015;Roy, 2014;White, 2014). The paucity of current peer-reviewed material indicates a requirement for further research in the area.…”

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Body-worn video: A systematic review of literature

Cubitt¹,

Lesic²,

Myers³

et al. 2016

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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Law enforcement use of video-based technology has substantially increased over the past decade. This systematic review examines the current evidence base for efficacy of body-worn video and the current case for implementation. Five articles were identified as pertinent to this review from a search of five electronic databases, with a further six articles of grey literature included. Inter-rater reliability was high amongst three independent screeners of literature. Articles were short listed for review if they explicitly identified police and recording devices as topic areas. Articles were then excluded if they did not involve an operational trial of body-worn video. Eleven articles were included for review; of the five peer-reviewed studies, two were randomised controlled trials. An abundance of evidence was provided; however, the majority of articles were methodologically weak. Body-worn video was shown to reduce use of force incidents, crime rates for certain crime types and court costs. Public response to body-worn video was varied, as was police officer and public opinion. Due to methodological limitations evident in most studies and the general lack of peer-reviewed material, further research is required; however, there are some considerable benefits reported in the current literature.

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confidence: 99%

Body-worn video: A systematic review of literature

Cubitt¹,

Lesic²,

Myers³

et al. 2016

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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“…BWCs represent the gaze of department administration, courts, prosecutors and defense attorneys, civil rights agencies, the general public, and the media (Farrar & Ariel, 2013;Mateescu et al, 2015;White, 2014). Incidents rising to the level of review may be dissected by any or all of these parties.…”

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Police Body-Worn Cameras: Effects on Officers’ Burnout and Perceived Organizational Support

Adams

Mastracci

2018

Police Quarterly

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Police departments in the United States are rapidly adopting body-worn cameras (BWCs). To date, no study has investigated the effects of BWCs on police officers themselves, despite evidence suggesting negative effects of electronic performance monitoring on employee well-being. Police officers already experience higher levels of burnout than other professions. We hypothesize that the intense surveillance of BWCs will manifest in how police officers perceive the organizational support of their departments and will increase burnout. We test these hypotheses using data from patrol officers (n ¼ 271) and structural equation modeling. We find BWCs increase police officer burnout, and this effect is statistically different from zero. We also find that BWCs decrease officers' perceived organizational support, which mediates the relationship between BWCs and burnout. Greater perceived organizational support can blunt the negative effects of BWCs. Our study is the first to situate effects on officers at the center of BWC literature.

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“…Police technologies like dashcams have been in use for decades (Goldsmith 2010), but recently, onofficer, wearable cameras are being used (Lederman 2014;Fiumara 2012;Mateescu, Rosenblat and boyd 2015;Jennings, Fridell and Lynch 2014). While both police and their sousveillers claim video is objective and leverage this quality to advance their interests, the development, marketing and uses of on-officer, wearable cameras suggest point-of-view has special social and legal significance.…”

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Policing Made Visible: Mobile Technologies and the Importance of Point of View

Brucato

2015

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Cameras are ubiquitous and increasingly mobile. While CCTV has captured considerable attention by surveillance researchers, the new visibility of police activities is increasingly produced by incidental sousveillance and wearable on-officer camera systems. This article considers advocacy for policing’s new visibility, contrasting that of police accountability activists who film police with designers and early adopters of on-officer cameras. In both accounts, these devices promise accountability by virtue of their mechanical objectivity. However, to each party, accountability functions rather differently. By attending to the social and legal privileging of police officers’ perspectives, the article provides an explanation for design decisions that produced Taser’s AXON Flex on-officer cameras and for why police are embracing these new technologies. Critics of these cameras cite privacy concerns, officer discretion in operating cameras, and department disclosure of footage. Nonetheless, advocates of police accountability often presume more video documenting police use of force is always helpful. However, the utility of surveillance video is conditioned by point of view. Police agencies in the U.S. are rapidly adopting on-officer camera systems, because they acknowledge ubiquitous surveillance and that these devices aid in nullifying third-party documentation in favor of a perspective that favors officers. As such, these cameras are counter-sousveillance technologies.

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Police Body-Worn Cameras

Cited by 21 publications

References 20 publications

Body-worn video: A systematic review of literature

Body-worn video: A systematic review of literature

Police Body-Worn Cameras: Effects on Officers’ Burnout and Perceived Organizational Support

Policing Made Visible: Mobile Technologies and the Importance of Point of View

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