Is in favor of police cameras. Stating in his article studies and their statistical numbers to support the fact that everyone performs better in front of the camera. Knickerbocker provides the results of a twelve-month study conducted by the Task Force on 21st Century Policing on police body cameras. This study showed that with body cameras there was a reduced need for force and a reduction in complaints against the police. He believes that increasing awareness of being recorded is a factor in reducing the need for force and reporting. Knickerbocker fears police are wearing body cameras and writing their own reports on the interaction. These officers could alter reports based on what the video content shows. Do police officers watch the video before or after writing the report, or watch it at all, is your question. His conclusion was that no, they would not have done so because others in the public and the police had the ability to film anyway
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