police body cameras
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California Law Officially Bans Facial Recognition In Police Body Cams
California will block police officers from including facial recognition technology in their body cameras, joining two US other states that have created similar laws — Oregon and New Hampshire.
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Chicago Police Dashcam Failures Highlight The Problem With New Cop Tech
Dashcams, bodycam, and other cop-tracking technology has been touted by community leaders and police departments alike as a tool for ensuring that the police are playing by the rules. A new report out of Chicago underscores one of the problems with this thinking.
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How Police Body Cameras Were Designed To Get Cops Off The Hook
In the wake of protests over police violence against black men, many civil rights activists are calling for a high-tech solution: strapping wearable body cameras to cops. The idea is to hold police accountable for unnecessary violence. But the history of police body cams reveals that the devices have often had the opposite effect.