Police officers widely misusing body-worn cameras
Police officers widely misusing body-worn cameras
It was hoped video would increase transparency in policing, but BBC has uncovered 150 reports of failings.
It was hoped video would increase transparency in policing, but BBC has uncovered 150 reports of failings.
"The most serious allegations include:
*Cases in seven forces where officers shared camera footage with colleagues or friends - either in person, via WhatsApp or on social media
*Images of a naked person being shared between officers on email and cameras used to covertly record conversations
*Footage being lost, deleted or not marked as evidence, including video, filmed by Bedfordshire Police, of a vulnerable woman alleging she had been raped by an inspector - the force later blamed an "administrative error"
*Switching off cameras during incidents, for which some officers faced no sanctions - one force said an officer may have been "confused"
but BBC has uncovered 150 reports of failings
And the actual number of "failings" is going to be astronomically higher.
At least UK police ain't killing plebs...
In US misuse would prolly be all murders... Cop "forgot" to turn it on! He was scared!
It was hoped [something, anything] would increase transparency in policing, but [it never does]...
And only lots and lots of prosecutions will.
It's a bit more than just that. Here's the wikipedia page with a list of people killed by uk police.Ignore this, it's a misposted reply to a convo elsewhere in the thread.
Sorry about this — you wanted to talk about people killed by UK cops — but holy crap, there's a Wikipedia page for people killed by US police, too.