Abstract
Body-worn cameras (BWC) have diffused rapidly throughout policing as a means of promoting transparency and accountability. Yet, whether to release BWC footage to the public remains largely up to th...
Highlights
As video recording technology evolves and di uses throughout society, o cer involved shootings (OIS) are more likely to be captured on camera
To test our hypotheses regarding how executives would perceive and react to a critical incident captured on Body-worn cameras (BWC), we presented the sample with an experimental vignette about one of their o cers responding to a home invasion call and fatally shooting the suspect
Unlike previous technological innovations that have di used throughout policing before empirical evidence could catch up, the proliferation of BWCs has been accompanied by a simultaneous explosion of research on their e ects
Summary
As video recording technology evolves and di uses throughout society, o cer involved shootings (OIS) are more likely to be captured on camera. When controversial OIS are captured on camera, executives face a di cult decision: they must balance the integrity of the ongoing investigation against public demand for release of the footage, among other calls for transparency. They may be concerned with the optics of the video, and whether the public and/or media might misinterpret or overreact to the footage (Nix & Pickett, 2017). The widespread use of video recording technology means that police executives are faced with these di cult decisions more frequently than ever before
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