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Events To Record: An Examination Of Required Activation For Body-Worn Cameras, Allison Reed

Poster Presentations

Introduction

• The deployment of police body-worn cameras (BWCs) has increased across the country due to high public demand of police accountability and the call for an increased use of technology by the President’s 21 Century Task Force (2015).
• The use of BWCs allows police agencies to be more transparent when it comes to decision-making actions made by police officers.
• The increase in transparency has affected the communities in which BWCs are used and has led to a decrease of officer complaints in some communities.
• There is a lack of research on the connections between intended outcomes of BWC implementation (reduced …

"I Can't Even Bring Peanut Butter To School": The Gun Violence Prevention Movement, Emily Simon

Sociology 323 Racial and Ethnic Relations

Gun control does not equal gun violence prevention.