Police Camera

In England the police are trying out a new light weight video camera that can be places on the side of the hat. This new camera can capture everything that the officer sees and hear. It can capture wild scenes such as shootouts, police chase, a fight between officers, and crucial evidence that can be used in court.

I personality believe that the new light weight camera is a good idea. It can be helpful in capturing evidence for the court. Let’s say that a cop is making an arrest and the suspect started to resist. The officer can charge him with resisting arrest, but there is no evidence. The suspect and the officer can play the "he said and she said" game. With the camera all they have to do is replay the video and the truth will be revealed.

Besides capturing evidence and finding out the truth, it can be used as a deterrent. It can prevent a suspect from acting up. If you know that you are being recorded by a video camera, I doubt it that you want to fight the officer or act up in front of the camera. It is like trying to talk your way out of a crime that was caught on camera.

The best part of the camera is we can put some of the wild scenes that were captured by the camera on TV. In the TV show "cops" they have a camera crew following the police officers. But the camera crew on the show "cops" can't be everywhere at once. With the new camera we can use it to capture everything that the officers see any where at any time. If an officer saw something funny, or something scary, it can be put on TV so that the world can watch.

The purpose of the camera is not really for entertainment, but to capture evidence. Besides capturing evidence it will encourage the officers to do a better job. If they are bad cops the camera is there to show it that he is a bad cop. It encourages officers to show respect to others, and make them think twice before doing something bad or something that they will regret.Currently this camera is an experiment. I hope that this camera will become a reality and be used by every officer here in America.