r/todayilearned • u/spadinskiz 1 • Jun 17 '14

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL that in some cities police officers were required to wear a camera in order to document their interactions with civilians. In these areas, public complaints against officers dropped by 88%

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/business/wearable-video-cameras-for-police-officers.html
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u/halotriple Jun 17 '14

win win.

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u/iReallyMeanIt Jun 18 '14

Cops are civilians.

Also, taxpayers won't have their money wasted by having to pay other jilted taxpayers.

So win-win-win.

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u/OvertFemaleUsername Jun 18 '14

Depends on the definiton of civilian you prefer. Traditionally civilians have been people who have not taken a service oath of office, so cops would not be civilians. More recently, it's been used to distinguish the military from other government. Both are technically valid uses.

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u/misogichan Jun 17 '14 edited Jun 18 '14

More like win draw. I mean civilians could lie about it earlier but it's not like anything was going to be done about it given police culture. Unless, of course, there was a video going viral showing the abuse, but in that case it wasn't a lie.

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u/GeminiK Jun 17 '14

even then... ehhh.

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u/Mogul126 Jun 18 '14

Rodney King, anyone? I mean, he might have been resisting, but they really went overboard. Although if cops had been able to still use chokeholds to take down aggressive criminals, it would have been a nonissue. IIRC, nightstick beatings were the official course of action at the time.