Study: Police body-worn cameras reduce use-of-force incidents

Las Vegas Sun: A yearlong study of police body-worn cameras shows Metro Police officers were less likely to use force while wearing the recording devices.

The study was conducted by UNLV and the Center for Naval Analyses in conjunction with Metro from September 2014 to October 2015. It placed body-worn cameras on 200 Metro patrol officers, while tracking 200 other officers without cameras.

Among those wearing cameras, the study showed a 37 percent reduction in the number of officers involved in at least one use-of-force incident and a 30 percent reduction in the number of officers with at least one complaint filed against them.

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