Body-Worn and Dashboard Cameras: Pros and Cons
Geoff Crowe
Director of Legal Services
Edmonton Police Service
Tom Stamatakis
President
Vancouver Police Union
- Use in court
- Use of recordings to refresh memory: are the recordings notes or extrinsic evidence?
- Any admissibility issues
- The tension between authenticity of officer recollections and accuracy of recordings
- Implementation challenges
- Body-worn vs. dash cams
- Disclosure issues
- Data retention policies
- Dangers of relying on them too heavily: objective recordings vs. officer perceptions
- The role of the video in assessing use-of-force decisions
- Privacy issues
- Use in private spaces
- The interplay with citizen video