Effects of Police Body-Worn Cameras and Officer Behavior in the USA

This report investigates the effects of police body-worn cameras on officer behavior in the United States, focusing on the potential for increased accountability and transparency. It examines the working policies surrounding body-worn cameras, evaluates their effectiveness in improving officer conduct, and analyzes whether the use of these cameras has led to positive changes in police behavior. The research explores the potential benefits, such as reduced instances of misconduct and improved evidence collection, as well as challenges, including increased workload for officers, technical limitations, and concerns about data storage, confidentiality, and costs. The report also considers the impact of body-worn cameras on community relations and the potential for both positive and negative perceptions of police legitimacy. Ultimately, the research aims to provide recommendations for effective strategies to maximize the benefits of body-worn cameras and enhance the operational capabilities of the USA police while addressing the associated challenges.

EFFECTS OF POLICE BODY-WORN CAMERA AND OFFICERS BEHAVIOR, USA

Table of Contents
Purpose of the research:.............................................................................................................2
Research Objectives:..................................................................................................................2
Research Questions:...................................................................................................................3
Research Variables:....................................................................................................................3
Research Challenges:.................................................................................................................3
References:.................................................................................................................................5
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Purpose of the research:
The purpose of this research is to dissect the impacts of police body-worn cameras and
officer's code of conduct. In the policing background, the police body-conceived camera is
probably going to energize the devotion of police to departmental conventions to diminish
episodes of offense or amateurish conduct with common people (Young & Ready, 2016). The
residents who collaborate with a body worn camera prepared report that police officers are
less inclined to participate in the wrong conduct. It features the dread of being caught red-
handed and the mindfulness. It will have an adapting impact on the subjects and the police
officers. The purpose is at the point when the conduct of the police officers and subjects is
being recorded, they are required to carry on in a decent and appropriate way. The body-worn
camera serves the purpose. It likewise produces the subject perspective of the genuineness
and steadfastness of the police officers. According to Tankebe & Ariel (2016), the utilization
of the body-worn camera diminishes the savage collaborations between the subjects and the
police officers. The recorded video footage or evidence can be regarded as confirmation and
on the basis of that degenerated police officers can be effectively restrained or terminated. It
likewise causes the police officers to participate in the exploitation and blame additionally.
The camera film settles the cases effortlessly, in a judicious way and in time. The impacts
could be genuine or negative as well. The dissensions against the body-worn camera prepared
police officers are more than objections against the police officer not wearing the body-worn
camera. The differences between the two are minimal though.
Research Objectives:
 To determine the working policy of the police body-worn camera and officers’
behaviour, USA
 To evaluate the effectiveness of the police body-worn camera and officers’ behaviour
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 To analyse whether the efficacy of police body-worn camera has improved the
officers’ behaviour in USA
 To recommend suitable effective strategies for the police body-worn camera to
improve the skill and operational capability of the USA police
Research Questions:
 What sort of working policy of the police body-worn camera and officers’ behaviour,
USA?
 What is the effectiveness of the police body-worn camera and officers’ behaviour?
 How can the efficacy of police body-worn camera has improved the officers’
behaviour in USA?
 What suitable effective strategies for the police body-worn camera could require to
improve the skill and operational capability of the USA police?
Research Variables:
The dependent variable is the variable that an investigator is excited about. The movements
to the dependent variable are what the researcher is endeavouring to measure with all their
great frameworks (Mukherjee, 2017). An independent variable is a variable acknowledged to
impact the dependent variable. This is the variable that the investigator would control to look
at whether it rolls the dependent variable change or not.
H0: The body-worn cameras will maintain transparency regarding the conduct of police.
H1: The body-worn cameras will not be a smart pick as the cost of storage management is
high together with many organizational difficulties.
Research Challenges:
The various research challenges associated with the use of body-worn cameras are:
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As per the view of Perkins (2017), the officers allocated to particular units may have
expanded workload related with body-worn cameras as far as downloading and labelling
recordings, charging the cameras, and archiving the videos in the composed reports.
There may be visit grumblings about the accessible mounting alternatives for the body-worn
cameras. The body mounting decisions are entangled too (Schneider, 2017). A few units may
locate the attractive mount for the body camera to be deficient, as the camera can be knocked
off effortlessly. The laws may not completely patch the frayed relations between law
implementation and some network individuals, and that some video films may have genuine
constraints. In the opinion of Young & Ready (2016), law authorization officers from around
the state have encountered challenges caused by camera situation, camera point lighting and
different confinements. The deployment and maintenance of the body-worn cameras will be
very high. The cost of video footage storage as well as the footage maintenance will take a
toll on the expenses. Adding to this, Tankebe & Ariel (2016) cited that it will bring in many
organizational difficulties too. A lot more expense will be required for the training too.
Confidentiality is a big aspect. The access to the video footages should be restricted for the
sake of confidentiality. However, it is a proven fact that maintaining the secrecy is a tough
job (Stoughton, 2017). The cameras also question the health and protection of the police
officers.
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Schneider, C. (2017). Body Worn Cameras and police image work: News media coverage of
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Stoughton, S. (2017). Police Body-Worn Cameras. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Tankebe, J., & Ariel, B. (2016). Cynicism Towards Change: The Case of Body-Worn
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Young, J., & Ready, J. (2016). A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship between
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