I encourage people to read the actual study and not form an opinion based on the article itself. Unfortunately, the casual reader probably won't do that and possibly come away with the wrong conclusions. The article, written by the authors of the study, gives the general impression that the conclusions of the study may be the same throughout the country. From the article: "Because body cameras produce an objective accounting of the interactions between police and citizens, th

Interesting research from Professor Volkan Topalli and associates at Georgia State University. A summary article from Georgia State News Hub can be found here. The following is from the working paper: "Police body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been the subject of much research on how the technology’s enhanced documentation of police/citizen interactions impact police behavior. Less attention has been paid to how BWC recordings affect the adjudication of citizen complaints against