1. I agree.
2. Once quit a job when they tried to install ai powered driver facing dash cams in company vehicle and I wasn't comfortable with both the micromanaging that would invite, nor becoming training data.
Police should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us working stiffs. If they actually did though (and/or didn't have the authority to use violence up to killing people) none of this would even matter. Everyone would be against body cams. Imagine your server in a restaurant wearing a body cam. (I keep giving bad people good ideas.)
In the world we live in I am for police body cams, I think. Best worst option.
> Once quit a job when they tried to install ai powered driver facing dash cams
That avenue is open for police officers too. If they don’t like the scrutiny they can and should absolutely leave the profession.
> Everyone would be against body cams
I don’t understand what you are saying. If police didn’t have the authority to use violence then everyone would be against body cams? I mean they wouldn’t be the police if that were so.
Besides one of the people who are for body cams is the police themselves. (Many of them at least). They have to deal with all sort of people. Some are okay. Some are scheming liars, who make up all kind of grievances. The body cam is protecting the officers from the lies of this second kind of people.
> Imagine your server in a restaurant wearing a body cam.
They don’t need to because they work in fixed workplaces where a fixed CCTV can cover their interactions. If waitstaff would be serving on the side of random roads, backyards, and in random homes it would probably make sense for them to wear CCTV.
> If they actually did though (and/or didn't have the authority to use violence up to killing people) none of this would even matter.
That's the thing though, if the cop's use of violence up to killing a suspect was justified, then the body cam would not matter. So if you want that authority, then you have to expect proper oversight. The longer that oversight is avoided, the more intense that effort gets. If you don't like, don't shield those that are causing the problems.
In summary, at this point with their history, fuck'em if they don't like the oversight.
Yea the cameras aren’t really the problem. The problem is that the police are free to reach for any level of violence they want, no matter whether the situation calls for it, and are immune from repercussions. Even when the cameras are rolling, nothing stops them from beating and killing at will.
> Imagine your server in a restaurant wearing a body cam. (I keep giving bad people good ideas.)
People working jobs like this are commonly under intense surveillance, being watched by multiple cameras from different angles for the entirety of their work day.
1. I agree. 2. Once quit a job when they tried to install ai powered driver facing dash cams in company vehicle and I wasn't comfortable with both the micromanaging that would invite, nor becoming training data.
Police should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us working stiffs. If they actually did though (and/or didn't have the authority to use violence up to killing people) none of this would even matter. Everyone would be against body cams. Imagine your server in a restaurant wearing a body cam. (I keep giving bad people good ideas.)
In the world we live in I am for police body cams, I think. Best worst option.