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Policing on Camera

(MrFisk)
1 decade 6 months 3 weeks ago

"This film is a companion piece to the radio segment produced for Reveal Radio, http://www.revealradio.org

In August, a federal judge ruled that the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy was unconstitutional, because it resulted in racial profiling. Most of the people targeted by the policy were black or Hispanic.

As part of her ruling, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered the department to establish a pilot program requiring officers in the five precincts where most of the stops occur to wear small cameras as part of their uniforms. The cameras would record officers' interactions with the public, an "objective record of stop-and-frisks," Scheindlin wrote.

New York City is fighting the order, arguing that implementing the technology would be "a nightmare," according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

But many police departments around the country have embraced the technology as a way to protect officers and citizens alike. Watch the video above to see how officers in one California police department use the cameras every day.

Credits
Produced by Michael I Schiller
Executive Producer: Susanne Reber
Production Assistant: Owen Wesson
Story Editor: Mia Zuckerkandel

Music
Free Falling" by Richard Kimmings / Chris Egan
Dark Filth" by Bob Bradley
Music tracks appear courtesy of
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