Preventing confrontational situations by improving officer professionalism and the behavior of people being recorded.Strengthening police accountability by documenting incidents and encounters between officers and the public.These reported benefits include the following: It also provides comprehensive policy recommendations that reflect promising practices and lessons learned.Īmong police executives whose departments use body-worn cameras, there is an overall perception that the cameras are a useful tool. This publication discusses the perceived benefits of body-worn cameras and the considerations that must be addressed. PERF interviewed more than 40 police executives who have experience with body-worn cameras, reviewed more than 20 body-worn camera policies submitted by police agencies, and hosted a one-day conference in Washington, D.C., where more than 200 police chiefs, sheriffs, scholars, federal justice officials, and other experts discussed their experiences with body-worn cameras.ĭrawing from this research, PERF and the COPS Office developed Implementing a Body-Worn Camera Program: Recommendations and Lessons Learned, which provides guidance to law enforcement agencies on the use of body-worn cameras.
Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS Office), researched the use of body-worn cameras in police agencies. Over the past year, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), with support from the U.S. Implementing a Body-Worn Camera Program: Recommendations and Lessons Learned
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