STUDY: Police Body Cameras in Danger of Being Used as ‘Instruments of Injustice’
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights examined body-worn camera policies in 50 municipalities. It was not impressed. In the wake of Korryn Gaines’ death at the hands of Baltimore County police officers this week, a new report on the nation’s police body-worn camera programs proves especially relevant. Yesterday (August 2), the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Upturn released a report that examines the programs implemented by 50 departments—and finds them lacking. “Police Body Worn Cameras: A Policy Scorecard” zooms in on the programs implemented by police departments in 50 U.S. municipalities: Albuquerque, Aurora (Colo.), Austin,…