04/10/16 - New research shows there's one big change when cops wear cameras (8)

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This article is about how police officers in 32 states in the United States of America will have cameras built into their uniforms. These cameras are created to have an effect on both the public people and the police officers. It also talks about how 'Cambridge University' done their own research about how this will effect the behaviour of police officers and the public. After there research, it was shown that since the cameras have been installed into the uniforms, there has been a major decrease in the number of complaints by each of the public and police officers. Since everyone is being monitored in an incident, the behaviour of everyone is much more better as they know that they are going to be recorded by the cameras. The main purpose of these cameras are to stop the police officers from being abused and attacked by the 'criminals'.

• Before the cameras, there would be roughly between 1400 and 1600 number of complaints against police officers.
• Compared to the previous year when cameras were not worn, complaints across the seven regions fell by 93% over the 12 months of the experiment. The study encompassed nearly 1.5 million officer hours across more than 4,000 shifts.
• After the cameras' the number had dropped to under 200 complaints, which has had a major impact in the characters of police officers.

In my opinion, I believe that the idea of having these cameras on the uniforms is a great idea. This is because of the fact that everyone and everything will be acted and taken into account in a fair manner. For example, if there is an incident, the police officers cannot be harsh on those particular people if they haven't done anything wrong. Sometimes, police officers take things too far as they believe that they have more power than the public. Therefore, these cameras will affect their behaviour in a good way and is an advantage to the public because they will be treated in a positive way too. Also, researchers have proved that this idea has worked because the complaints against the officers have massively dropped.