NYPDs Proposed Body Camera Policies Are a Disaster for Police Accountability

On Friday, the New York Police Department, the largest police department in the US with about 34,000 officers, released its body camera policies. The NYPD held extensive public comments and met with several civil rights groups, but the policies are largely a disaster and undermine the goals of the body camera technology—accountability and transparency.

The NYPD pilot program of 1,000 body cameras is set to start this spring. Hours after the policy’s release, the New York Civil Liberties Union voiced their concerns with the policy, saying it “is not sufficiently targeted at ensuring police accountability because it gives police too much control over the footage that’s collected.”

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