Author Topic: Defund the Police  (Read 17877 times)

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Offline wilber

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Re: Defund the Police
« Reply #375 on: April 04, 2022, 08:04:34 pm »
That's why every police dept should have body cams.  We should all check if our local police have them and demand it if they don't.

Cameras are the only thing that can hold these types accountable.


I agree because they also hold perps accountable. There are issues with body cams that don't have anything to do with accountability, like privacy concerns when it comes to anyone who appears on the videos who are not part of the incident. Not an issue for you maybe but it sure as hell will when it comes to the courts .There are over 100K police officers in Canada. Even if you assume only a third of them are patrol officers and half of them are on a 12 hr shift at any one time, that means almost 200,000 hrs of video that must be stored every 24 hrs. How long do you keep it for and where do you store it?

I'm in favour of body cams but these are issues that have to be addressed.
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