What would afford the police better protection?

Camera

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Camera

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For criminal procedures, yes. For bodily protection, no. Shouldn't actually be any reason for not having both imo.

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For criminal procedures, yes. For bodily protection, no.

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other than the fact that direct attacks on cops is very rare, the camera would aid in collecting evidence against those who tried

cameras protect the shite out of cops in a larger number of scenarios and are much more valuable

this is kind of a modern version of "the pen is mightier than the sword "

It's kind of an open ended question without "against what" being asked. Don't know about you guys but when stopping someone on a road at 2 a.m., I'd feel more protected with a vest as opposed to a camera. Like I said, both are needed for their own reasons.

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I guess the people that use them think the vests are the better protection or is there some other reason to not want the cameras?

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One has no downside while the other both protects the cop and holds him accountable for his own actions.

You tell me which one the cops would want.

Also, this tech is fairly new.

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the other both protects the cop and holds him accountable for his own actions.

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Which explains why bad cops would resists them.

If cops had cameras and the public knew this, would this affect the actions of the public?

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A vest could save your life. A camera could save you from some extra stress. Which would you rather have?

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Considering that one happens FAR more often, to the point where a cop could go his whole career without the other occurring, I'd go with the camera.

It's the smart decision.

Here are the legitimate reasons while cops resist camera's:

1) First, and foremost, you are telling mostly Type-A personalities that we do not trust you and because of this everything you do must be videoed to prove you did it right.

2) Fear that our word and testimony is being disregarded and that in the public perception and court system it will become if it ain't on video it didn't happen.

Its the idea that a cop that doesn't have any giglio problems in his background that his word is not sufficient or holds less weight than a normal citizen.

3) Fear that device malfunction or simply honestly forgetting to turn the camera on will be used against them.

Believe it or not police work involves a lot of stressful situations and it is easy to forget to hit the record button sometimes.

4) Nit picky disciplinary action due to it.

For example, you ever discuss the bosses trophy wife's brand new boobs, or how much of a prick you supervisor is, or how bout just shite talking to a co-working in good humor.

Should you get jammed up because this gets caught on video?


How many of ya'll would be comfortable wearing a camera and having everything you do recorded for your supervisor/boss/company to check?


Just my observations. Thoughts?

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How many of us are given the ability to physically assault US citizens?

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According to the 2nd amendment.....all us.

cops are completely out of control and the danger from firearms to them is minimal....

46 traffic fatalities, 33 by firearms, lowest since wild west

20% of seattle homicides by cops

cops kill about 400 per year