We were told by reformers that body cameras were going to be an essential part of police reform....The Vallejo police just canceled a contract with a video analytics company sifting through body cam footage because it kept surfacing videos of officers behaving inappropriately. - ThreadSky

mguariglia.bsky.social • 595 days ago

We were told by reformers that body cameras were going to be an essential part of police reform....The Vallejo police just canceled a contract with a video analytics company sifting through body cam footage because it kept surfacing videos of officers behaving inappropriately.

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joereddington.com•595 days ago

I mean, I feel like body cams have unequivocally made things better and I like that.

nerdahedron.bsky.social•595 days ago

Shout out to @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com for giving this visibility. Vallejo needs all the attention and pressure on this that it can get. Thank you!

mguariglia.bsky.social•595 days ago

True, I believe he’s been a friend to the cause of digital privacy for a long time.

nerdahedron.bsky.social•595 days ago

In Vallejo it's not about privacy as such, its about the cops willfully abusing citizens and continually seeking to evade accountability. They were doing other snoopy privacy stuff too, because there's not really any behavior beneath them at this point.

hammancheez.bsky.social•595 days ago

the only thing that can police cops is civilian oversight boards

which is why they hate civilian oversight boards

fortunasaga.com•595 days ago

Or the unions donate millions to elect bootlickers to head these committees

lizardman.bsky.social•595 days ago

It shouldn't be up to them, this is so dumb

cyndy.bsky.social•595 days ago

But if you put cameras on them all, you’ll see it’s just the bad apples… oh, wait.

kithrup.bsky.social•595 days ago

The mistake was in believing that politicians and courts would actually hold police accountable. They don't.

jonley.bsky.social•595 days ago

I remember Indianapolis canceling theirs by quoting the dept couldn't afford the storage in their budget.

I still think that's pretty slick

bigworker.bsky.social•595 days ago

Really shows the huge potential of bodycams... if we can ever actually look at the footage! Imagine what a civilian review board type body could do with full access to it

onekade.bsky.social•595 days ago

lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao

mguariglia.bsky.social•595 days ago

Glad to see you're on Bluesky! I searched your name specifically recently and couldn't find your account.

onekade.bsky.social•595 days ago

wow apparently i'm in hiding, didn't know that. nice to see you here internet pal!

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