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Body-worn cameras

Episode 2: Early Adopter Perceptive on BWCs from Oakland PD

October 2015
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Mike Roosa, Senior Policy Advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, interviews Oakland Police Department Chief Sean Whent to discuss their departments implementation processes, perspectives and challenges. Oakland PD starting experimenting with BWCs in 2007 making it one of the first Major Cities to use BWCs. The chief discusses best practices and lessons learned. Chief Whent was part of the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
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Episode 2: Early Adopter Perceptive on BWCs from Oakland PD
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Episode 2: Early Adopter Perceptive on BWCs from Oakland PD

Episode 1: Research Perspective Interview with Dr. Michael White

October 2015
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Mike Roosa, Senior Policy Advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, interviews Arizona State University's Dr. Mike White to better understand research perspective on Body-Worn Cameras. Dr. White wrote the Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras: Assessing the Evidence report for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Diagnostic Center, facilitated the Body-Worn Camera Expert Panel convening in Washington, DC, and contributed to BJA's National Body-Worn Toolkit by authoring the FAQs for the toolkit with Dr. Charles Katz.
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Episode 1: Research Perspective Interview with Dr. Michael White
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Episode 1: Research Perspective Interview with Dr. Michael White

Introduction to BJA's National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit Podcast Series

October 2015
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, contractor working with BJA's Body-Worn Camera Team, introduces this new podcast series and explains what to expect in the interview style podcasts focusing on important issues regarding implementing body-worn cameras (BWCs) in a law enforcement environment. The podcast series will focus on diverse aspects of the implementation and includes input from law enforcement, prosecutors, defenders, advocates, unions, civil rights, and more to cover the most pressing issues concerning BWCs.
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Introduction to BJA's National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit Podcast Series
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Introduction to BJA's National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit Podcast Series

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Body-Worn Camera Toolkit

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