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Episode 57: Nation’s Capital Spotlight – Washington Metro PD, DC (Part 2 of 3)

December 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body Worn Camera (BWC) Team, interviews Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s Commander Ralph Ennis, Derek Meeks, and research fellow Anita Ravishshankar to discuss process of implementing a BWC program in the nation’s capital, the challenges it presented, and lessons learned.
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Episode 57: Nation’s Capital Spotlight – Washington Metro PD, DC (Part 2 of 3)
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Episode 57: Nation’s Capital Spotlight – Washington Metro PD, DC (Part 2 of 3)

Episode 56: Nation’s Capital Spotlight – Washington Metro PD, DC (Part 1 of 3)

December 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body Worn Camera Team, interviews Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s Commander Ralph Ennis, Derek Meeks and research fellow Anita Ravishshankar to discuss process of implementing a BWC program in the nation’s capital and the challenges that presented. The group will also discuss lessons learned regarding policy creation and community outreach along with its research efforts. Finally the group gives some advice on large agency considerations.
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Episode 56: Nation’s Capital Spotlight – Washington Metro PD, DC (Part 1 of 3)
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Episode 56: Nation’s Capital Spotlight – Washington Metro PD, DC (Part 1 of 3)

Episode 55: Policing in Schools Spotlight – Laredo Independent School District Police, TX

November 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body Worn Camera Team, interviews Laredo Independent School District Police Department’s Chief Roberto Villareal and Training Officer Eric Villareal to discuss process of implementing a BWC program in a school district setting and the lessons learned regarding policy creation and outreach with juveniles and parents. Training Officer Villareal gives some advice on school implementation considerations.
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Episode 55: Policing in Schools Spotlight – Laredo Independent School District Police, TX
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Episode 55: Policing in Schools Spotlight – Laredo Independent School District Police, TX

Episode 52: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 2)

October 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
The BWC Technical and Training Assistance’s Dr. Chip Coldren interviews BJA’s Senior Policy Advisor Mike Roosa, ASU’s Dr. Michael White, Booz Allen Hamilton’s Todd Maxwell who are all part of BJA’s Body Worn Camera team to discuss solicitations, funding, research, the toolkit, technical and training assistance, the podcast series and other efforts supporting law enforcement and the justice community around BWCs.
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Episode 52: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 2)
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Episode 52: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 2)

Episode 51: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 1)

October 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
The BWC Technical and Training Assistance’s Dr. Chip Coldren interviews BJA’s Senior Policy Advisor Mike Roosa, ASU’s Dr. Michael White, Booz Allen Hamilton’s Todd Maxwell who are all part of BJA’s Body Worn Camera team to discuss solicitations, funding, research, the toolkit, technical and training assistance, the podcast series and other efforts supporting law enforcement and the justice community around BWCs.
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Episode 51: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 1)
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Episode 51: Anniversary Spotlight on the BJA BWC Team (Part 1)

Episode 49: Pilot Program Spotlight – Elgin PD, IL

September 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, a member of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body Worn Camera team, interviews Elgin Police Department's Chief Jeffrey Swoboda to discuss their agencies delve into BWCs. Chief Swoboda shares their initial experiences in researching BWCs along with the challenges to implementing them for a smaller agency.
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Episode 49: Pilot Program Spotlight – Elgin PD, IL
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Episode 49: Pilot Program Spotlight – Elgin PD, IL

Episode 47: Prosecutor's Spotlight – San Diego County District Attorney's Office (CA)

September 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Deputy District Attorney Damon Mosler from the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to discuss prosecution’s role and challenges with BWCs. Deputy DA Mosler discusses how BWCs are used in the court room, how to handle different formats of BWCs from different LE agencies and collaboration with police/sheriff in the county on policy formation. Damon Mosler part of the Expert Panel convening on BWCs with BJA at the White House.
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Episode 47: Prosecutor's Spotlight – San Diego County District Attorney's Office (CA)
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Episode 47: Prosecutor's Spotlight – San Diego County District Attorney's Office (CA)

Episode 46: BJA SMART Policing Initiative Spotlight – A look into the research at Phoenix PD, AZ

September 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Mike Roosa, Senior Policy Advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance interviews Phoenix Police Department’s Sergeant Kevin Johnson and Arizona State University’s Dr. Charles Katz to discuss their departments deployment of body cameras in 2013 as part of BJA’s SMART Policing Initiative grant to evaluate body worn camera technology. The group discusses lessons learned and progress of their program along with the research around the program. Dr. Katz and Phoenix PD were 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 46: BJA SMART Policing Initiative Spotlight – A look into the research at Phoenix PD, AZ
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Episode 46: BJA SMART Policing Initiative Spotlight – A look into the research at Phoenix PD, AZ

Episode 45: BWC Transit Police Spotlight – BART Police, CA

August 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, part of the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera team, interviews San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police Department’s BWC team to discuss their BWC program. The agency discusses the uniqueness of being a transit police and how their BWC program differs from a traditional police department.
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Episode 45: BWC Transit Police Spotlight – BART Police, CA
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Episode 45: BWC Transit Police Spotlight – BART Police, CA

Episode 43: BWC Victim Spotlight – Part 1

August 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, part of the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera team, interviews Victim Rights Law Center’s Nation Director of Training and Technical Assistance, Jessica Mindlin, to discuss victim’s perspectives around law enforcement using Body-Worn Cameras. Director Mindlin discusses the potential effects on victims along with concerns from the advocacy community that will help law enforcement with their policy development.
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Episode 43: BWC Victim Spotlight – Part 1
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Episode 43: BWC Victim Spotlight – Part 1

Episode 42: BWC Research Spotlight – Milwaukee PD, WI

August 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell, part of the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera team, interviews Milwaukee Police Department’s Sgt. Doug Wiorek and Research Associate Bryce Peterson from the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center to discuss Milwaukee Police Department’s BWC research program. The two discuss the reasons for the research, the program itself and potential use of the research outcomes.
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Episode 42: BWC Research Spotlight – Milwaukee PD, WI
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Episode 42: BWC Research Spotlight – Milwaukee PD, WI

Episode 41: Delaware's BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Chip Coldren, project director for the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera Technical Assistance Program, interviews Deputy Attorney General Matthew Frawley of the criminal division of the Delaware Department of Justice to discuss Wilmington Police Department's body-worn camera pilot program and what it means for prosecutors. Deputy Attorney General Frawley discusses the Attorney General's Office efforts around planning and coordinating activities for the state-wide implementation of BWCs.
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Episode 41: Delaware's BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – Wilmington, DE
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Episode 41: Delaware's BWC Pilot Program Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

Episode 40: BWC Pilot Program Law Enforcement Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Chip Coldren, project director for the Bureau of Justice Assistances Body-Worn Camera Technical Assistance Program, interviews Wilmington Police Department's Lieutenant Cecilia Ashe to discuss their departments pilot program with body-worn cameras. The agency discusses their testing and evaluation processes.
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Episode 40: BWC Pilot Program Law Enforcement Spotlight – Wilmington, DE
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Episode 40: BWC Pilot Program Law Enforcement Spotlight – Wilmington, DE

Episode 37: BWC Civil Rights Spotlight – ACLU

July 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Senior Policy Analyst Jay Stanley from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to discuss trending privacy and civil rights issues involving body-worn cameras along with the ACLU’s position on these issues. Jay Stanley contributed to the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
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Episode 37: BWC Civil Rights Spotlight – ACLU
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Episode 37: BWC Civil Rights Spotlight – ACLU

Episode 34: BWC Pilot Program Spotlight - Philadelphia PD

June 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Chip Coldren from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance Team interviews Philadelphia Police Department’s Chief Inspector Michael Cochrance and Sergeant Jay Bown along with Public Safety Program Manager Mike Vidro from the City’s Office of Innovation and Technology and from Temple University Dr. Elizabeth Groff and Jennifer Wood. The group discusses the Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program at Philadelphia PD along with the research conducted by Temple University.
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Episode 34: BWC Pilot Program Spotlight - Philadelphia PD
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Episode 34: BWC Pilot Program Spotlight - Philadelphia PD

Episode 32: Research Spotlight – Tempe PD

May 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Michael Roosa, Senior Policy Advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Tempe PD’s Assistant Chief Brenda Buren and Arizona State University’s Dr. Michael White to discuss the digital evidence study being conducted at Tempe. They will give an overview of the project along with discussing what they hope to learn and how they plan to use the information learned from the study to improve police work around BWCs. Dr. White were 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 32: Research Spotlight – Tempe PD
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Episode 32: Research Spotlight – Tempe PD

National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 3: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight

May 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Hear from Sean Smoot, Director/Chief Council for the Police Benevolent and Protected Association of Illinois and the Police Benevolent Labor Committee, about body-worn cameras.
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National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 3: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight
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National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 3: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight

National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 2: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight

May 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Hear from Sean Smoot, Director/Chief Council for the Police Benevolent and Protected Association of Illinois and the Police Benevolent Labor Committee, about body-worn cameras.
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National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 2: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight
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National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 2: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight

National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 1: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight

May 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Dr. Michael White from Arizona State University and BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance Program interviews professor Laurie Robinson of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University about her perspectives regarding body-worn camera. Dr. White was part of the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit and the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing’s final report helped create the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.
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National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 1: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight
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National BWC Toolkit Anniversary Episode 1: President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Spotlight

Episode 31: Research Spotlight – LAPD (Part 2)

May 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews LAPD’s CIO Maggie Goodrich and Sgt. Dan Gomez along with Dr. Craig Uchida from Justice and Security Strategies to discuss the study being conducted at LAPD with JSS and UCLA. They will give an overview of the project along with discussing what they hope to learn and how they plan to use the information learned from the study to improve police work around BWCs. Maggie Goodrich, Dan Gomez and Dr. Craig Uchida were 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 31: Research Spotlight – LAPD (Part 2)
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Episode 31: Research Spotlight – LAPD (Part 2)

Episode 30: Research Spotlight – LAPD (Part 1)

May 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews LAPD’s CIO Maggie Goodrich and Sgt. Dan Gomez along with Dr. Craig Uchida from Justice and Security Strategies to discuss the study being conducted at LAPD with JSS and UCLA. They will give an overview of the project along with discussing what they hope to learn and how they plan to use the information learned from the study to improve police work around BWCs. Dan Gomez and Dr. Craig Uchida were 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 30: Research Spotlight – LAPD (Part 1)
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Episode 30: Research Spotlight – LAPD (Part 1)

Episode 29: Research Spotlight - Oakland PD

May 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Oakland Police Department’s Assistant Chief Paul Figueroa to discuss the study Stanford University is doing in collaboration with his police department. He will give an overview of the project along with discussing what they hope to learn and how they plan to use the information learned from the study to improve police accountability and community relations. Oakland PD 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 29: Research Spotlight - Oakland PD
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Episode 29: Research Spotlight - Oakland PD

Episode 25: Research Spotlight – Dallas PD

April 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Dr. Melinda Schlager from the Caruth Police Institute along with Deputy Chief Andy Acord and Deputy Chief Paul Stokes of the Dallas Police Department to discuss their on-going BWC study. The group gives an overview of the study and examines the reasoning behind the study along with looking forward to potential outcomes and strategies from the lessons learned.
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Episode 25: Research Spotlight – Dallas PD
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Episode 25: Research Spotlight – Dallas PD

Episode 24: Tribal Perspective – Suquamish Tribal PD

April 2016
Series
Body-Worn Cameras
Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews Chief Lasnier of the Suquamish Tribal Police in Washington state to discuss his experiences and lessons learned from the perspective of a tribal police agency. The discussion explores the challenges around funding to the multi-level jurisdiction/responsibilities of tribal officers.
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Episode 24: Tribal Perspective – Suquamish Tribal PD
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Episode 24: Tribal Perspective – Suquamish Tribal PD