By Jinnie Chua, American Military University
In Public Safety
In the recent push for police officers to start wearing body cameras, many agencies have found that actually putting them to use is no easy task. On August 1, Ohio put forward a bill that would require all officers to wear cameras. If the bill passes into a reality, $54 million will be put aside to help agencies adopt the technology.
However, not every state that mandates body cameras allocates the funding for it, and the hefty price tag is just one of many hurdles that agencies can face.
“In most states, it is still discretionary whether an agency adopts body camera technology,” says Dr. Chris McFarlin, a faculty member in the Criminal Justice department at American Military University. “There’s a lot of public and political pressure to do so, but because there are so many unknowns, it’s uncharted territory for most agencies.”
Full Story: The Uncharted Territory of Body Cameras
