[marktwain]

The question is, who controls when the camera is on, and who does the editing?

I think we are on a trend where police officers will be required to have the cameras on whenever they are on duty, and the video will be stored indefinitely.

If the individual police officer controls the camera and video, there is a real possibility for abuse.

[SengirV]

Always on and complete storage or it should not happen.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

If the individual police officer controls the camera and video, there is a real possibility for abuse.

I'd say that's quite the understatement. Possibility? More a guarantee.

If the officer has ANY ability to turn it off at will, or if the raw, unaltered video isn't immediately uploaded to a secure third party server, then this is a joke.

[riverrunner]

I have seen this coming for some time.

The time is near where every officer well have voice and video from start of shift to end of shift. Along with GPS tracking. All of transfered live to a central location.

[cymbeline]

Holy cow! That’s ten grand for each officer! Wonder where the money’s going. Mostly to Obama’s friends, huh?

[kingu]

So now Pheonix police will have no problem at all with citizens videotaping their encounters with them and broadcasting it live...

Right, figured nothing would change.

[redreno]

I’d like to see this taken one step further. Make all government employees wear this device.

[gaijin]

It should be made clear in every jurisdiction that to videotape officers at ANY time when they are on duty in a public place is LEGAL.

Sooooo many times this is being abused —it should be a crime to claim it’s illegal.