After New York City police officers started wearing body cameras during their patrols in public housing in 2018, they had more civil interactions with community members and made fewer arrests, according to a new report.
that has been keeping an eye on the NYPD for years, examined the effect of body cameras on police behavior. It tracked officer stops, searches, and arrests before, during, and after officers were equipped with cameras. It also looked at their impact on the number of complaints filed against police.
The report found that complaints against police decreased when officers started wearing cameras. So did some types of police activity that often lead to complaints, like searches. Body cameras, the monitors wrote, can help the NYPD “progress toward ensuring constitutional policing.
Monthly Civilian Complaint Review Board allegations filed against Housing Bureau officers dropped by more than 40% after they were equipped with body cameras.Officers wearing body cameras were less likely to search or arrest people they stopped.Officers spent less time patrolling inside housing buildings, with interior patrols falling by 30%.
But some experts think more research is needed to determine whether body cameras will improve policing in the long term. “I think it’s too early,” said Charles McLaurin, senior counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which
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