Date of Award
12-2016
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Public Management, Graduate Certificate Program
Department
Political Science Department
Advisor
Dr. Scott Phillips
Department Home page
http://publicadministration.buffalostate.edu/
First Reader
Dr. Scott Phillips
Second Reader
Dr. Laurie Buonanno
Abstract
Police body-worn cameras have been advanced as a solution to disparate perceptions among the citizenry, public officials, community leaders, and the police themselves in the highly contested arena of police-citizen encounters. However, as with previous technological innovations in policing, it is important that the police themselves are comfortable with the technology. This is a report of a survey conducted on police officers’ perceptions of body-worn cameras in Buffalo and Rochester police departments, which uses a survey instrument administered with the Los Angeles Police Department. This study found similar attitudes toward body cameras not only among Buffalo and Rochester police officers, but also with Los Angeles. Recommendations include using the Bureau of Justice National Toolkit when considering a body-worn camera program, which addresses many of the concerns police officers expressed in this study.
Recommended Citation
Gramaglia, Joseph A., "Police Officers’ Perceptions of Body-Worn Cameras in the Buffalo and Rochester Police Departments" (2016). Public Administration Master’s Projects. 20.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/mpa_projects/20
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