LAPD Body Cameras Get Mixed Review from Coalition

Techwire: A civil-rights coalition has given Los Angeles police a mixed review on whether its body-worn camera policy enhances or undermines accountability.

The policies of 25 police agencies across the country were scored by the Washington, D.C.-based Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights with the help of technology consulting firm Upturn. The scorecard was based on eight criteria outlined in a document of shared principles signed in May by a broad coalition of civil rights, privacy and media rights groups.

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