Arguments Against Body Cameras

Everyday police officers risk their lives protecting our communities and the citizens that live within them. When these officer respond to each and every call, they never know when it may be their last. Recently, the job has been under a lot more scrutiny than ever before, a large part of this is due to the public losing trust in the criminal justice system. With the black lives matter movement gaining more support and power, many police involved shootings have been protested and even have led to riots in some of America's biggest cities. While most of these shootings are justified, some however are not, which in turn leads for a bigger push into body cameras for police officers. Body cameras would portray a more accurate representation of
When an incident like this occurs and the individual dies, it is very hard to have any defense system mainly due to the circumstances that the story is coming from the police officer. While most of us like to believe that officers would not intentionally try to harm innocent citizens, there have been some cases that this is not true. Thus, body cameras would show us the truth and paint an accurate description of what really happened in each encounter. According to an article written by Chaz Kelsh and published from Harvard Kennedy school of government, “supporters say the devices are needed to provide transparency, build public trust and provide evidence against false complaints” (Kelsh). These cameras do more than paint an accurate picture, but they also repair the trust that has been destroyed between police departments and citizens. The more evidence to show that each case is justified, the more the public will stand behind their officers actions. This is all in hopes of restoring the bridge so officers and citizens can work together to have a positive influence on other