CRJU 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: After-Action Review, Body Worn Video, Seat Belt
17 Nov 2016
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May sensitize the public to the law enforcement environment. Reasons for behavior change: observer effect. People behave differently when they know they are being watched: conformity. We adapt our behavior to the behavior of the group: experiential value. Officers may retain value even without the body camera being worn. Core law enforcement function: better evidence. Eyewitnesses are flawed: efficient resolution, complaints and discipline, training. Video is featured prominently in police training: supervision. Studies done on interrogations where groups watched interrogations from different perspectives. Found cognitive bias that we are more sympathetic to the perspective we are in. Judged to be more voluntary and less coercive. Judged to be less voluntary and more coercive. Judged the same as the audio only group: deceptive intensity. A camera attached to clothing moves more than the body moves. Our unconscious reluctance to see others: south carolina training council. Activation/deactivation: officer morale, officer discretion, relative costs and benefits, pre-report video review.
