A Study in Contrasts Between Rialto Police and Albuquerque Police in Regards to Body-Mounted Cameras

By Carlos Miller
PINAC
Mar. 25, 2014

This is a really great point, it would also coincide with things like Facebook not actually reducing so-called cyber-bullying etc. despite people using their real name and ID.If you spend any time following police accountability pages on Facebook, you’ve probably come across the viral meme about how use of force incidents dropped 60 percent within the Rialto Police Department after they issued body-mounted cameras to their officers.

The meme is based on a study conducted by Rialto Police Chief Tony Farrar as part of his master’s dissertation at Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology – in collaboration with Taser, Inc, the company that sells the cameras – which has been highlighted in numerous articles as proof that body-mounted cameras not only lead to a reduction in use of force incidents, but also in a reduction in citizen complaints against police.

The meme is rarely challenged because logic tells us humans would be on their best behavior knowing they are being video recorded.

However, that logic falls apart if we take a look at the Albuquerque Police Department which introduced body-mounted cameras in 2010 – one of the first departments in the country to do so – only to continue to see an unsettling number of violent incidents against citizens.

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