What is better is if in a hostile environment like that cops own their own bodycams.
Footage can be produced to defend the cop, but not to support frivolous complaints.
Where the department owns the camera and the footage, the purpose of the camera is a gotcha to prosecute bad cops.
When the cop owns the footage, the purpose is to supply exculpatory evidence rather than manufacture a pretext to persecute.
it is exactly the same in city buses, for truck drivers etc. Driver facing cameras are specifically for shifting the blame to the driver so the insurance can then make it their fault and recover money. There is no other reason to have a driver facing camera.
What is better is if in a hostile environment like that cops own their own bodycams.
Footage can be produced to defend the cop, but not to support frivolous complaints.
Where the department owns the camera and the footage, the purpose of the camera is a gotcha to prosecute bad cops.
When the cop owns the footage, the purpose is to supply exculpatory evidence rather than manufacture a pretext to persecute.
it is exactly the same in city buses, for truck drivers etc. Driver facing cameras are specifically for shifting the blame to the driver so the insurance can then make it their fault and recover money. There is no other reason to have a driver facing camera.