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Body-Worn Cameras

A large RCT found cameras changed little.

Policing & SurveillanceCity CouncilLiberty check

C · 13/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Cameras boost accountability and behavior.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics cite cost and null effects.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

Yokum et al. (2019, PNAS) DC RCT found no significant effect on use-of-force or complaints.

4 · Liberty check

Transparency vs. surveillance and cost.

5 · The real tradeoff

A humbling null result.

Allies & Playbook

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No individual sponsor record is catalogued for this policy yet. Start with the primary sources below and the Allies directory.

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