Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?

Yes. The sheriff and their deputies must wear body cameras at all times while on duty, and should be allowed to be filmed or photographed by anyone at any time and under any circumstances while on duty, in contrast to civilians. Excepting the sheriff's department, all police departments should be abolished and replaced by civil militias.

I have mixed feelings about this question. I feel that police deserve representation. But not at the expense that that they can commit a crime while in duty status and have protection from facing criminal charges. Police corruption is prevalent in the US. But city, state and federal government are training police to be biased, racist and interact with public with suspicion. That’s the bigger concern, how we train police to interact with the public. Reform needs to start at the top. It will cut down on an officers need to use collective bargaining.

It could be beneficial to see what actually might happen out on the field.

Yes, and officers should be penalized for turning them off.

Yes, I would prefer they be required but this decision should be made at the state and local level

Yes, but this should be state and local decision for state and local police

Yes, but high population areas should be prioritized first.

Yes, but only if it will reasonably fit in the police department's budget, and high population areas should be prioritized.

Yes, but they should be required to blur the faces of anyone innocent to protect them before using it in court.

Yes, and they should be required to have it on the entire time they are required. If video evidence is tampered with, they should be penalized for the corruption of Justice.

Yes and to turn it off be a federal crime

yes but with choice of department if neccesary

Yes and abolish the police

Yes, the police officer should also give the court the footage right away as evidence of a criminals wrong doing or an officers wrong doing.

No, it should be a local government's choice whether to require them or not

Yes, police officers and all publicly elected (or appointed) officials should wear body cameras while they are working.

This would help justification purposes.

No, the algorithms for these devices are less accurate on diverse groups of people.

Required, not, and it should be the department or officer's choice, but it should be encoruaged to protect the safety and rights of both parties.

Yes and they should be legally required to have them on every single second they're on duty

Yes, but the footage should not be released to the public

Yes, and all retroactive footage with evidence of violent, suspected racism-driven, and sexual crimes should be required

Yes, this will help cases of police brutality and cases of using the power of a badge to a criminal point.

Yes, body cameras should be worn and there should be a consequence when they are turned off

It helps to protect the officer, so yes.

Yes, if police officers exist they should be required to wear body cameras

Yes, and camera should automatically start when the arrive at the scene

yes all the time though to make sure what the officer says is true

Yes, and it should be a crime to turn off the body camera while on duty

It should be left to the discretion of each individual police department and/or officer.

Yes, and they should not be able to turn it off

Yes, and severely discipline those who turn them off

Yes, and police officers should be fined if they are on duty without one

Yes, regardless of political standing, the cameras will tell us what really happens