When no one is watching: evaluating the impact of body-worn cameras on use of force incidents

Koslicki, Wendy M.; Makin, David A.; Willits, Dale

doi:10.1080/10439463.2019.1576672

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“…Other police forces in the UK have also been equipped with BWCs and plan to extend their operational use (CoPaCC 2017). 1 Several studies (primarily randomised controlled trials) have tested BWCs' effectiveness, its impacts on both officer and citizen behaviour, and surrounding attitudes in the UK and globally (Owen et al 2014, Drover and Ariel 2015, Grossmith et al 2015, Jennings et al 2015, Ariel et al 2016, Koslicki et al 2019. These experimental evaluations tend to assess the effects and different outcomes of the use of BWCs in binary ways, i.e.…”

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“…White and Malm (2020) highlight how the BWC should be seen as a tool and not a 'silver bullet' solution to police misconduct. Indeed, these cameras are often portrayed as allowing increased police transparency and accountability, reduced use of force and violence, and better evidence (Taylor 2016, Dymond and Hickman 2018, Koslicki et al 2019, Louis et al 2019, White and Malm 2020. Nonetheless, literature has also identified considerable privacy threats and impacts on discretion and policing activity (Bud 2016, Mateescu et al 2016, Big Brother Watch 2017, Rowe et al 2018, White and Malm 2020.…”

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Body-worn cameras ‘on the move’: exploring the contextual, technical and ethical challenges in policing practice

Miranda

2021

Policing and Society

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The body-worn camera (BWC), an audio and video recording device, has been increasingly adopted by law enforcement across the globe. Drawing on a qualitative study, this paper will explore the use of these mobile devices in the UK and examine the challenges that have been faced during its implementation in two British police forces. In particular, we will discuss how these cameras move with the police officer's bodily movements (both intentionally and unintentionally) and are used for policing purposes in different settings (such as urban and rural contexts or different operational units). Based on a set of semistructured interviews with 26 police officers, this article will explore the contextual, technical and ethical challenges that hinder the use of BWCs in such settings. This study concludes that these practical and technosocial challenges are often interlinked. The context of use of these cameras and how they operate technically are connected, often raising significant ethical issues particularly for data management and storage. Ultimately it is argued that the operational perspective of the frontline officer is invaluable when designing and implementing technologies so they are policeman-proof.

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Body-worn cameras ‘on the move’: exploring the contextual, technical and ethical challenges in policing practice

Miranda

2021

Policing and Society

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“…ITSA is emerging as a useful quasi-experimental design in a variety of policing research and evaluation applications when a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is not possible (see Koslicki et al, 2020), and has been consistently used in pre-existing literature testing the Ferguson effect and de-policing (Campbell et al, 2017;Maguire et al, 2017;Morgan and Pally, 2016). In addition to presenting a quasi-experimental method to examine pre-and post-treatment effects for evaluations where an RCT cannot be conducted, ITSA also allows for the assessment of natural experiments and other unforeseen events, such as the unprecedented BLM response in Minneapolis (and indeed, across the United States and in non-U.S. cities) (Bonell et al, 2011).…”

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Criticism does not constrain: testing for evidence of de-policing following the murder of George Floyd

Koslicki

2022

PIJPSM

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PurposeFollowing the shooting of Michael Brown, much scholarly attention has been paid to the so-called “Ferguson effect” resulting from rhetoric that public scrutiny of the police will lead to de-policing. The present study tests this effect due to similar rhetoric that has re-emerged in public and media dialogue in response to Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020.Design/methodology/approachUsing Open Minneapolis' Police Use of Force dataset, the study employs interrupted time series analysis models of weekly use of force events against all citizens, as well as use of force against Black citizens specifically. Two models for each population are conducted due to data concerns: a set from January 2019 to June 2021, and a set from January 2019 to September 2020, with the week of George Floyd's death as the interruption point.FindingsBoth models using September 2020 as the cutoff show no statistically significant variance in police use of force against subjects overall or against Black citizens following the immediate aftermath of protests. However, both models using June 2021 as the cutoff demonstrate a statistically significant rise in use of force against both populations following the interruption point.Originality/valueThis study is among the first to examine de-policing following the George Floyd protests, and among the first to examine use of force rates beyond fatal force. Implications for research and practice are discussed, such as data availability and quality, as well as diverse perspectives surrounding de-policing and their implications for police practice.

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“…According to this model, police perform their duties on behalf of the people who control material resources through the state (Sorensen et al 1993). When median income is high, less deadly force is employed (Koslicki, Makin, and Willits 2020 citing Menifield, Shin, and Strother 2019; Ross 2015; cf. Klinger et al 2016).…”

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An fsQCA Analysis of Qualified Immunity and Police Use of Force: An Applied Sociology Approach

Gran¹

2022

Journal of Applied Social Science

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Police officers are expected to serve and protect civilians. Yet cases of police officers harming, sometimes killing, people they are expected to serve and protect have received renewed attention in the United States. Notable cases have led to protests, calls for reforms, and disputes about roles of police officers. This study employs Applied Sociology approaches to questions around reforms of policing in the United States. This study examines reforms to legal protections police enjoy through use of force and qualified immunity laws. Analyzing data for the 50 U.S. states and Washington, DC, this study examines whether legal protections police officers possess are associated with excessive use of force against civilians. This study finds that civilian killings by police tend to be higher in states whose governments are characterized as beyond civilian control. Where Republicans control state government and police officers enjoy broad protections, police killings of civilians tend to be higher. This study finds that racial conflict may be a powerful factor related to police killings of civilians. Applied Sociology demonstrates that reforms should concentrate on not only legal protections police enjoy but also societal structures shaping their efforts to serve and protect civilians.

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When no one is watching: evaluating the impact of body-worn cameras on use of force incidents

Cited by 17 publications

References 47 publications

Body-worn cameras ‘on the move’: exploring the contextual, technical and ethical challenges in policing practice

Body-worn cameras ‘on the move’: exploring the contextual, technical and ethical challenges in policing practice

Criticism does not constrain: testing for evidence of de-policing following the murder of George Floyd

An fsQCA Analysis of Qualified Immunity and Police Use of Force: An Applied Sociology Approach

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