Helmet cams stop police misconduct?

[bluedemonspeedracer]

On the News I heard that in Great Britain, due to a growing concern of police brutality,misconduct, and rights violations; the British government is making it mandatory for all law enforcement on duty to have helmet camras installed in their uniforms. These cameras are both live and recorded. Not only does it serve a useful tactical aid in police missions, but it would be an excellent counter-incentive for police misconduct and brutality. Should we do the same in the US police forces? Do you think this is good idea? Tell me your thoughts on it.

[JerkClock]

At 11/16/07 06:06 PM, bluedemonspeedracer wrote: stuff

Yeah, but we need to cut our pork barrel spending out so that we can afford it first.

[Jizzlebang]

Sure, just dig out some of that excess police funds

Which is.. Wait..

[bluedemonspeedracer]

At 11/16/07 06:37 PM, Grammer wrote: I think the British police look ridiculous enough, kthx

Who cares about cometics, why is that such a big deal I think insuring justice and proper police conduct is a bigger conern. Also if you ever been to one of those spy equipment stores they have in NYC, baltimore, and washington DC, they have cameras so tiny that you carry an ordinary object as small and thin as a playing card, it would have a camera in it but you would not have any clue were it is. I asked the owner to show me were the camra is on that playing card (as if it may have been under the layer of paper making up the card) and he said," I can't the camera is the size of a grain of sand" but pointed to the one eye on the one eye jack card and told thats were it is located. So for plain clothed officers they can then use those camras that are really tiny so they don't give themselves away, because plainclothed and undercover operations would be the only time the issue of cosmetics would be concerning.

[bluedemonspeedracer]

At 11/16/07 06:48 PM, Jizzlebang wrote: Sure, just dig out some of that excess police funds

Which is.. Wait..

I guess maybey it should only be worth the tax money if the issue of police misconduct and brutality complaints reach a high level of severeity in the city, municipality, or township in concern. However there are ways it could also save tax money in the long run. It can make crime sentencing in cort is more efficient and less missentenced innocents are taking will take up room inside our prisons consuming tax money waiting to be proven their not guilty (The reason why prisons are full of Blacks in America is because overt or subconciously racist cops accidently or purposly target black suspects on whim.) So all those trials involving the "Black Card" defense that can't be proven without witnessing the arrest happen again are consuming lots of tax money and could easily be resolved with cams.) Because holding trials and investigations also cost the government a lot of money as well, and finding people innocent, mistried, or improperly arrested after lenghthy investigations is a hell of a lot more tax money then buying helmet cams. It is quite a huge waste to pay so much tax money to imprison someone and investigate for long time only to find the person innocent So those cams would speed trials and investigations and save money in the long run.

[lumpypaint]

this is a much better use of our taxes than free money to the lazy unemployed.