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Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan
Dash cams or more specifically, body worn cams, are good and bad. They are great in terms of combatting claims of mistreatment, force overreach, etc. They are absolutely horrible in terms of privacy violations (...they record 24/7, even when they aren't "activated", so anything you say to your partners in private, on a telephone while wearing one, etc. is subject to be heard, at least for a period of time), causing officer hesitation, making hindsight judgments on fluid, rapidly evolving situations, etc. I would rather NOT have them.
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How do you feel about gun cams? As far as I'm aware, it's a new technology that hasn't been widely adopted (yet at least), and in the unfortunate situation you absolutely need to unholster, it starts recording from the POV of the gun.