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Police and civilians disagree on when body camera footage should be made public

  • Written by Dan Bromberg, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Political Science, University of New Hampshire
Police and civilians disagree on when body camera footage should be made publicWhen should the public be able to see what this camera captures?AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Many police chiefs and regular American civilians agree that officers’ body camera footage should be released to the public after police shoot someone dead.

They differ, though, on when the images should be made public. This complicates achieving...

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