Keesee — a retired police captain who now heads up the Center for Policing Equity at the University of California, Los Angeles — told me in December that the effectiveness of bodycams comes with another big caveat: A camera is only effective so long as a police encounter goes relatively smoothly. But once things get hairy and an officer is tussling with a suspect, any footage quickly becomes shaky and less useful. read full article here.
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