Tournament: 2016 Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament | Round: 2 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart LM | Judge: Adam Torson
Counterplan Text: The United States ought to require that police officers use body-worn cameras when they are either interacting with the public or responding to calls for service.
Grewal 15
Madhuri Grewal, Senior Counsel at The Constitution Project, Previously a Policy Counsel at the Detention Watch Network, Graduate of American University Washington School of Law and the University of Michigan, “THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT,” The Constitution Project Committee On Policing Reforms, January 28, 2015. DY
When to begin recording: Policies should set...
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...default should be to record the encounter.
And, that solves case–body-worn cameras have empirically reduced police misconduct by holding police accountable through on-scene evidence.
Grewal 15
Madhuri Grewal, Senior Counsel at The Constitution Project, Previously a Policy Counsel at the Detention Watch Network, Graduate of American University Washington School of Law and the University of Michigan, “THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT,” The Constitution Project Committee On Policing Reforms, January 28, 2015. DY
IV. Potential Advantages of Body-Worn Cameras Advocates...
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...cameras cause officers to behave more professionally.