Body camera video equivalent to 25 million copies of “Barbie” is collected but rarely reviewed. Some cities are looking to new technology to examine this stockpile of footage to identify problematic officers and patterns of behavior.
Yes, that’s what I meant. The 3rd party would have get to see all of the info and they get to decide which flags to look for. IMO, then the third party, the police union and a civilian commission gets to vote on whether the officer stays or not. The unions have way too much power.
That’s troublesome right there, it should be an outside commission that gets to see and choose which officers are flagged.
Were probably talking like hundreds of thousands of hours of new recordings each week. There’s zero chance a human is going to review that all.
The third party can still use the same kinds of automation tools.
Yes, that’s what I meant. The 3rd party would have get to see all of the info and they get to decide which flags to look for. IMO, then the third party, the police union and a civilian commission gets to vote on whether the officer stays or not. The unions have way too much power.