Officer Cams

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I just demo'd with a local PD a digital dashcam that films wide angle the front of the car, and another camera that films the inside. Audio, of course, is included.

However, this system has an option that's kind of unique. The officer wears a camera with microphone around their front chest pocket, and can digitally transfer any of the footage shot by any of the camera to the MDT and include it in his/her report. The footage is also kept for 1 year in case a complaint is made. Since it is all digital, it can be stored easily, and can download wirelessly to the officers MDT, and again when they get to their station.

I feel that Police Officer's shouldn't have to have this kind of scrutiny, having something watch them do their job. I believe in "old school" policing, before Dashcams, the Media, etc.

Nowaadays, I'm just waiting for someone to have their family members killed thinking that they can become millionaires. If this tool is used properly, and unions should ensure a protocol for it does not jeopardize the officers career, it can take out all the gray areas and show exactly what happened. We've had several instances where people have been shot by officers trying to defend themselves over the past couple of years down here, and only one has caused controversy, but that one is complicated in other ways. However, the ones I find most notable were the ones where the families were shown the dashcam of the incident, and the family members were actually supportive of the PD despite the tragedy.....they understood.

I feel "Officer Cams" should become standard....although I am not a Police Officer, I just think it documents things so well that it could actually save departments from multi-million dollar lawsuits, and save Officers from the tremendous stress placed on them from the incident and it's lingering effects the rest of their career.

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I just demo'd with a local PD a digital dashcam that films wide angle the front of the car, and another camera that films the inside. Audio, of course, is included.

However, this system has an option that's kind of unique. The officer wears a camera with microphone around their front chest pocket, and can digitally transfer any of the footage shot by any of the camera to the MDT and include it in his/her report. The footage is also kept for 1 year in case a complaint is made. Since it is all digital, it can be stored easily, and can download wirelessly to the officers MDT, and again when they get to their station.

I feel that Police Officer's shouldn't have to have this kind of scrutiny, having something watch them do their job. I believe in "old school" policing, before Dashcams, the Media, etc.

Nowaadays, I'm just waiting for someone to have their family members killed thinking that they can become millionaires. If this tool is used properly, and unions should ensure a protocol for it does not jeopardize the officers career, it can take out all the gray areas and show exactly what happened. We've had several instances where people have been shot by officers trying to defend themselves over the past couple of years down here, and only one has caused controversy, but that one is complicated in other ways. However, the ones I find most notable were the ones where the families were shown the dashcam of the incident, and the family members were actually supportive of the PD despite the tragedy.....they understood.

I feel "Officer Cams" should become standard....although I am not a Police Officer, I just think it documents things so well that it could actually save departments from multi-million dollar lawsuits, and save Officers from the tremendous stress placed on them from the incident and it's lingering effects the rest of their career.

A thread about cameras was recently started about two months back. But, do you see any use for this in FD/EMS vehicles?