Do the Benefits of Police Body Cameras Outweigh Their Harm?: A Review of the Literature

Abstract

This paper points out the benefits of the use of body cameras in police departments. The personal, hands-on experience of police officers will be addressed with statistics supporting the evidence. The harms of body cameras will be pointed out and refuted. The estimated cost of body cameras will be brought to the attention of the public and will prove to be worth their cost. Some cities have adopted experimental cameras to see the results. Further in the paper, these results are brought up and are positive. The cameras that have been implemented as experiments have given ample proof to why they should prosper. All these reasons will conclude that body cameras should be put to use no matter the disagreement.