How long should footage be stored

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Assignment: Law- Criminal Application

Police and Technology: Body-Worn Cameras.

Although body-worn cameras may help examine police methods and enhance police transparency, there are a number of hidden issues and challenges. Address the following question:

Discuss the benefits - but also the potential consequences - of the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement.

Here is a list of issues that you may want to discuss in your paper (only suggestions - you do not have to cover all of them). Given the length of the assignment, you may select a single issue or a combination of issues that are of interest. The following are only provided to help with ideas for your paper:

1) Legal issues (related to citizen privacy)

2) Use in Court - if it is considered evidence can a prosecutor block its dissemination?

3) Storage and related costs

4) How long should footage be stored?

5) Personnel considerations (related to increased staffing to handle video evidence)

6) Modified officer conduct and behavior

7) Policies and procedures concerning the equipment (such as when to activate and deactivate)

8) Community (and police union) acceptance / understanding / involvement.

9) Access to videos. Since the videos are technically data, should the media have access to them through Freedom of Information requests?

10) What about the general public?

11) If I am involved in a police related incident can I request footage of my encounter? Can I post it on social media?

12) Obtain a copy of a body-worn camera policy for your local police department (or a nearby police department if the local agency does not have cameras). Does the policy address issues such as when the camera should be activated and deactivated?

13) Officer rights - constant monitoring.

14) Mandating all officers have body cameras - Accountability and Transparency?

15) Dissemination of video data recorded from the cameras? Immediately? Edits? Personal or Medical information?

16) Sensitive footage involving children?

17) Police training purposes

18) Other issues.

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