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Footage in. Jury out. Do body cams add accountability or deflect from defunding the police?

Footage in. Jury out. Do body cams add accountability or deflect from defunding the police?

This Matters

August 21, 202020m 50s

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Proponents of body cameras say they add accountability and transparency. Critics say they are expensive and simply do not work in terms of improving of changing police behaviour. To discuss this, we are joined by Kevin Walby, associate criminal justice professor at the University of Winnipeg. He studies policing and surveillance.