Illustration courtesy the Electronic Frontier Foundation Police body-worn camera use in Canada is increasing. Since October 2021, all front-line police officers in Toronto have been equipped with the devices. Just last month, the RCMP announced its planned rollout of between 10,000-15,000 body-worn cameras on all front-line officers by 2023 at
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Canadian Dimension: Body-worn cameras and ending the public subsidization of police accountability
In just the past decade alone, cities across the United States spent in excess of $3 billion to settle police misconduct lawsuits. Illustration by Jared Rodriguez/Truthout. The second-degree murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd has already re-ignited the debate around body-worn
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