Vancouver police's body-camera pilot pushed back to new year

TSG_Asmodeus, 6 months ago

The VPD has been considering the use of body-worn cameras (BWC) as a way to increase transparency and accountability since at least 2009.

“LOL”

m0darn, 6 months ago

Haha that’s a reporter burn.

rarely, 6 months ago

Cowards

Showroom7561, 6 months ago

Pilot? It should be mandatory that any and all law enforcement should have working and running body cams during every interaction.

jadero, 6 months ago

As long as there also appropriate laws and regulations on the use of biometric recognition and retention of recordings in which there is no complaint.

sonori, 6 months ago

Honestly, i’m far more worried about biometric profiling done by fixed security cameras than recordings of me talking to a cop. Though stoping both would be nice, i’m far more worried about the cop in the present than the harassment in the future.

m0darn, 6 months ago

Subjects and witnesses ought to have a way to turn it on and know it’s on.

Showroom7561, 6 months ago

There are no laws against subjects and witnesses from recording an interaction with police.

But police encounters should always be recorded via dash cam and body cam, not only to hold the officers accountable, but also to aid in proving a suspect’s guilt or innocence.

m0darn, 6 months ago

There are reasonable limitations to subject and witness ability to record police.

Ie limitations on what subjects can do with their hands, and limitations on how close witnesses can get.

I’d like every police interaction to be recorded, not a system where the officer can decide if an interaction gets recorded. I also understand that police officers deserve privacy to use the toilet and fart while out and about, without being recorded by their boss.

My comment was basically if ANYONE present thinks that the interaction should be getting recorded, it should be getting recorded.