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Message: [QUOTE="Capt. Tuttle, post: 5085019, member: 191"] 1. Most cops are good people doing a difficult and sometimes thankless job. 2. Some cops are total @!$?, and became cops in order to misuse their authority. They get off on it. 3. Body cams should reduce the facist tactics, because it’s on record. 4. Body cams might increase citizen compliance if people believe their side of things is being recorded. Tech question: I assume the cams don’t broadcast real time back to a control center, but shouldn’t a signal that the camera is on be able to be sent to a control center? If an officer is active and the camera isn’t on, calls are made to get it turned on. Legal: As an attorney who has previously done criminal defense, a jury instruction that the jury may take a negative inference against the officer’s testimony if the officer failed to have their (functional) body cam turned on would be a great incentive for police to have it working. [/QUOTE]