Body-worn cameras: Substantive, distractive or both?
Police Body-Worn Cameras (PBCs) are implemented with various policy goals, but most prominently, they are used to reduce police misconduct and police brutality. Currently, seven states have mandated statewide use of PBCs by law enforcement: Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Carolina. Considering the increasing number of police departments that have implemented PBCs, it is important to ask whether PBCs have resulted in substantive reme