Police body cameras 'cut complaints against officers'

Really interesting research into effects of police wearing body cameras:

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The Cambridge University study showed complaints by members of the public against officers fell by 93% over 12 months compared with the year before. ...snip... Dr Ariel, who is based at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology, said: "I cannot think of any [other] single intervention in the history of policing that dramatically changed the way that officers behave, the way that suspects behave, and the way they interact with each other." ...snip... He said the results indicated both police and the public were adjusting their behaviour. ...snip...

Report can be found here: http://ift.tt/2dv07Qa

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