Should Police Officers Use Body Cameras?

“Following the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014, and a grand jury’s decision to not indict the police officer involved in that shooting, protests erupted across the country and community leaders called for all police officers to be equipped with body cameras.” There has been many incidents with people police officers killing young people for no reason for no reason. In most cases officers say it was an act of protect because the suspect was going to “hurt them” so they acted first. Nobody really knows what really happened besides the suspect and officer, so why not know the truth? Police officers should be required to use body cameras because it’ll show what actually happen when they pull someone over or use a weapon. Also, officers should wear body cameras because officers may just forget what happened when it’s time to do the police report.
Based on “Source Text 2: SIRS DATABASE---At Issue: Police and Body Cameras”, it states “Those in favor of having all police officers wear body cameras claim that their use will reduce the use of force by police officers…when the footage reveals unambiguous misconduct, officers would be foolish to file dishonest reports.” In other words, what this means is that with officers knowing they’re being recorded they won’t act out and the act of killing will be reduce. Moreover, since their being recorded they can’t lie about not following conduct guidelines for their job. All and all, body cameras should be used to provide valid information about happens at a crime scene or