I agree......it'll severely curtail any attempt to lay claim to some form of police brutality or supposed "targeting" of anyone other than a possible criminal/thug. To placate the xo's, yes, it'll also help keep wayword cops more in line with dept policy in dealing with suspected criminals/thugs
The only downside is the amount of camera footage taken compared to the actual recording of specific/important events is going to be huge, especially in cost. So, the question then becomes is the camera:
- on at all times (not financially feasible, when someone has to go throw every officer's video feed)?
- only turned on when an officer signals that he's initiating some action via radio?
- automatic to when the patrol car is placed into park?
- Is it turned on/off by the officer? (I don't support that, since its too easy to suddenly be in a moment of burst activity, and simply forget)