Are body-worn video cameras for UI police appropriate?
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University of Iowa Police Officer Alton Poole switches off his VIEVU LE2 Body Worn Video Camera after finding a man to be friendly while warning a him for smoking on state property in the Finkbine Golf Course tailgating lot before Iowa's game against Northern Iowa Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 in Iowa City. The University of Iowa has outfitted all 43 of their police officers and 18 members of their security staff with the cameras at a cost of $899 each. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)
University of Iowa police officers are all using body-worn video cameras that cost about $900 each to help record incidents for use in investigations.
The cameras, about the size of a pager, can be clipped to uniform lapels and turned on and off with just a slide of the camera lens cover.
“The video gives an unbiased view from an officer’s perspective,” UI police officer Alton Poole said.
Is this money well spent, or are the cameras too much intrusion by a public agency?
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Good Idea, Sure going to stop a lot of smart mouthing and/or badgering by an officer or the public….level’s off the playing feild and for $900, sounds like a bargain