Police boosters insist that police violence and corruption are the result of “a few bad apples.” As the saying goes, “a few bad apples spoil the bushel.” If you think there are just a few bad cops on the force, then you should want to get rid of them before they wreck the whole institution. Bodycams could empirically identify the bad apples, right?

Well, hypothetically. But what if police leadership don’t want to get rid of the bad apples? What if the reason that dashcams, tasers, and pepper spray failed is that police leadership are fine with them? If that were the case, then bodycams would turn into just another expensive prop for an off-Broadway accountability theater.

  • FuglyDuck
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    -111 months ago

    most retail already do. and… there’s no need for office types when they can literally see what you’re doing on the screen.

    Office buildings, usually have something, too, above the cubicles.

    • @Zippy
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      011 months ago

      I can see them eventually wanting personal cams with audio. Will happen.