Quote:I have heard the body cam argument used a lot, but I am not sure how I feel about it. I know I personally hate being monitored while I work, but then again programming isn't really life or death (in my case, anyway). Perhaps if it was only enabled during law-related interactions and couldn't be used to monitor performance. You have to consider officer morale, too. Is there anybody who works law enforcement or knows law enforcement that has heard the argument against body cams?

 

I worked in law enforcement in my younger days.  Personally I would have mixed feelings about adding body cams.  On the one hand, a body cam can protect me in cases of liability, but on the other hand it could be a hindrance.  Consider the fact that a police officer sometimes needs to be as agile and mobile (physically) as they can.  Putting on a protective vest, wearing not only a gun but extra ammo, handcuffs, "supplementary tools" such as a flashlight and/or baton, etc. is already a lot of weight and bulk that hinders an officer's agility and mobility.  A body cam would be just one more piece of equipment that could possibly get in the way and hinder an officer.

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