More Wasted Money?

This is what happens when you let policy be dictated by the mob:

• Prompted in part by high-profile complaints about police use of force, the U.S. government in recent years has allocated tens of millions of taxpayer dollars for body cameras for state and local police departments – and those states and municipalities have invested millions of their own dollars as well.
  
  But a study released Friday reveals that body cameras have little to no effect on police behavior. Officers wearing the devices act similarly to those who don’t, the study concludes.
  
  And there is no significant difference in citizen complaints about camera-wearing officers versus those without cameras, the study says.

And the true cost isn't even realized yet. Remember - the cameras were free in most cases. The cost?

• Storage

When that bill starts coming due, well, you won't hear politicians complaining. They'll just raise taxes again. But it's telling that the study doesn't find any difference in officer behavior. Human nature wins out every time. And the complainers are always going to complain, regardless if the officer is wearing a camera of not. The only way to change that is to prosecute the lying complainants as provided in State Law - the State Law that Foxxx won't follow.

We aren't certain, but with 020 getting cameras this month, we think that 100% of the Districts are now video equipped. No word on the Units yet.