Formulate an opinion beforewatching a video responding to this statement:

Requiring police officers to wear and use body worn cameras (audio and video) is necessary to maintain police accountability and police officers should wear their cameras whenever they are on duty.

"Police accountability" can be defined as "keeping police officers acting within the bounds of the law and ethical treatment of the people they interact with"."On duty" can be defined as whenever they are acting in a capacity as a police officer, whether they are wearing their uniform or not.

Next, watch these two short videos:

https://youtu.be/5zUxb0yY7BU?si=F8sNdpS_GhiI5O_t

https://youtu.be/n8coVKJLLZw?si=lDsIvEiakh3NO9vH

Describe your reaction and describe your intellectual response.

• Can you think of any negative outcomes that could come from having recordings of innocent people publicized in this way?
• Does that make up for the potential benefit body worn cameras have otherwise?
• Can innocent civilian privacy be ensured while these cameras are worn?
• Do police officers retain a right to privacy while on the job? Are there limits to this (why/why not/what limits)?
• In an age where nearly every civiliancarries a decent-quality video camera on their person all the time,is there still a role for body-worn cameras?