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+CP: The United States federal government should mandate a community based implementation of the California AB 65 and California AB 66 plan for police body cameras including but not limited to mandates to assume criminal activity if police fail to use or tamper with cameras, protect civilian rights to film, and use special prosecutors to try police officers. |
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+That increases accountability, transparency, and prosecution of police misconduct |
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+Friedman et al 15 - Andrew Friedman, Brian Kettenring, and Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Directors, The Center for Popular Democracy, Alana Greer, Community Justice Project; Alyssa Aguilera, VOCAL NY; Anthony Newby, Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change; Bill Henry, Baltimore City Council; Brendan Roediger, Arch City Defenders; Bukky Gbadesgesin, Organization for Black Struggle; Curtis Sails, Coalition 4 Justice; Dante Barry, Million Hoodies; Deray McKesson, WeTheProtestors; Jackie Byers, Black Organizing Project; James Hayes, Ohio Student Association; Je Ordower, Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment; Jennifer Epps-Addison, Wisconsin Jobs Now; John Chasno , Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression; Jose Lopez, Make the Road NY; Justin Hansford, St. Louis University School of Law; Kassandra Frederique, Drug Policy Alliance; Kim McGill, Youth 4 Justice; Lynn Lewis, Picture the Homeless; Meena Jagannath, Community Justice Project; Nahal Zamani, Center for Constitutional Rights; Opal Tometi, Black Alliance for Justice Immigration; Paolo Harris, Ingoma Foundation; Patrisse Cullors, Dignity and Power Now/Coalition to End Sheri ’s Violence in L.A. Jails; Pete White, Los Angeles Community Action Network; Rachel Herzing, Critical Resistance; Ralikh Hayes, Baltimore BLOC; Sco Roberts, Advancement Project; Tara Hu man, Open Society Institute Baltimore; Thenjiwe McHarris, US Human Rights Network, and Valantina Amalraj, Columbia Law School: June 2015(“Building Momentum from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Promoting Justice” The Center for Popular Democracy Available at http://www.justiceinpolicing.com/docs/JusticeInPolicing.pdf Accessed on 11/15/16)IG |
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+Body cameras have become the most popular political response to recent incidents of police misconduct and brutality. There is much debate about the e ectiveness and desirability of body worn cameras by community groups and advocates. Some communities and many elected o - cials believe that if properly regulated, body-worn cameras for police o cers may be a tool to increase accountability, transparency, and collect evidence of police misconduct. Communities must decide whether these potential bene ts outweigh privacy and other concerns, such as police misuse. Additionally, communities must be involved in the development of departmental protocols to shape when body cameras are mandated for use. If community members advocate for a body cameras, the policy should include a community agreed upon provision outlining when cameras must be activated and a provision applying a presumption of police misconduct if footage is unavailable (when it was supposed to be recorded). |
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+Body Cameras, especially the California plan, have been extremely successful |
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+Friedman et al 15 - Andrew Friedman, Brian Kettenring, and Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Directors, The Center for Popular Democracy, Alana Greer, Community Justice Project; Alyssa Aguilera, VOCAL NY; Anthony Newby, Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change; Bill Henry, Baltimore City Council; Brendan Roediger, Arch City Defenders; Bukky Gbadesgesin, Organization for Black Struggle; Curtis Sails, Coalition 4 Justice; Dante Barry, Million Hoodies; Deray McKesson, WeTheProtestors; Jackie Byers, Black Organizing Project; James Hayes, Ohio Student Association; Je Ordower, Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment; Jennifer Epps-Addison, Wisconsin Jobs Now; John Chasno , Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression; Jose Lopez, Make the Road NY; Justin Hansford, St. Louis University School of Law; Kassandra Frederique, Drug Policy Alliance; Kim McGill, Youth 4 Justice; Lynn Lewis, Picture the Homeless; Meena Jagannath, Community Justice Project; Nahal Zamani, Center for Constitutional Rights; Opal Tometi, Black Alliance for Justice Immigration; Paolo Harris, Ingoma Foundation; Patrisse Cullors, Dignity and Power Now/Coalition to End Sheri ’s Violence in L.A. Jails; Pete White, Los Angeles Community Action Network; Rachel Herzing, Critical Resistance; Ralikh Hayes, Baltimore BLOC; Sco Roberts, Advancement Project; Tara Hu man, Open Society Institute Baltimore; Thenjiwe McHarris, US Human Rights Network, and Valantina Amalraj, Columbia Law School: June 2015(“Building Momentum from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Promoting Justice” The Center for Popular Democracy Available at http://www.justiceinpolicing.com/docs/JusticeInPolicing.pdf Accessed on 11/15/16)IG |
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+A 2012 study evaluating the use of body cameras by the Rialto police department in California over a period of 12 months suggests more than a 50 reduction in the total number of incidents of use-of-force. Force was twice as likely to have been used by o cers who were not wearing cameras. Complaints about police o cers fell 88 compared to the previous 12-month period. |