re: #4 Danforth

A 60% reduction in the need for use of force?

That’s magic enough for me.

Starting Sept. 1, all 66 uniformed officers here will be wearing a camera during every shift.

During the yearlong study, half of the city’s patrol officers were randomly assigned to wear body cameras each week, and instructed to turn them on whenever they made contact with a civilian.

Officers used force 25 times, down from 61 over the previous 12 months. And those wearing cameras accounted for 8 of those incidents.

I’d like see that sort of reduction in a police force larger than 66 before I’ll be convinced. As I said, they should be a great addition but I don’t know how well the experience in Rialto, CA will transfer to a larger police force.