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BlackBird  ·  4118 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Order That Police Wear Cameras Stirs Unexpected Reactions

From the quote in the article, and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that Mayor Bloomberg didn't quite understand what was being implemented - it's a body-worn camera, not a "cameraman" and crew following an officer or group of officers around. The angle would be ideally from the officer's perspective, most likely head/shoulder/chest height, and provide more information instead of relying on eyewitness accounts and intended/unintended distortions.

    Judge Scheindlin cites the experience of a small police department in Rialto, Calif. In the first 12 months of a pilot program there, with half of the department’s 54 uniformed patrol officers wearing cameras, complaints against the police dropped 88 percent compared with the previous 12 months.

I would love to see if this result is replicated through the NY programme; not necessarily as high as 88%, but a solid, overall positive result.