Police Body-Worn Cameras (Birmingham South, UK)
Axios
Policing
Solution types
Body Cameras
Problems addressed
Police abuse and/or lethality
Violence against police officers
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
People of all ages
Where the program was applied
Community (streets or community centers)
Country of application
United Kingdom
Description

This is an intervention to install body cameras in police uniforms. The objective is to reduce incidents of police force abuse and civilian complaints, as well as injuries suffered by police officers.
The program provides for the use of video cameras during interactions between police officers and civilians at certain events. Police officers are required to turn on their cameras as soon as they make a police approach and turn them off at the end.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation revealed that there was a statistically significant reduction in the use of force and citizen injuries, but no significant reduction in officer injuries [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Henstock, D. (2015). Testing the Effects of Body Worn Video on Police Use of Force during Arrest: A Randomised Controlled Trial [thesis]. Wolfson College, Cambridge, England. https://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/system/files/documents/darren-henstock.pdf

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