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Cell phones are making it easier for the public to document arrests and other police actions, as seen in the police shooting of Walter Scott in South Carolina, and the arrest of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
Sometimes those phones are confiscated or destroyed, according to civil liberties attorneys.
Now there is an smartphone app to help people monitor police actions.
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These days, a lot is being said about police accountability. In the wake of terrible tragedies like Michael Brown’s senseless killing, a national conversation has re-ignited around such themes as the right to observe and record law enforcement activity.
Five years ago, Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas, a 42-year-old Mexican immigrant and father of five U.S.-citizen children, was brutally beaten and Tased by federal border officers near the San Ysidro port of entry. He died shortly thereafter.
Hernandez-Rojas’s senseless death was not an isolated case. Indeed, according to the ACLU’s Regional Center for Border Rights, at least 35 people have died since January 2010 as a result of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials’ lethal use of force, including 16 U.S. citizens. Critically, however, eyewitnesses managed to capture Hernandez-Rojas’s brutal beating on video—and that has made all the difference as advocates have pressed for justice in his case.
Many of us have watched local police officers and federal officials perpetuate needless violence in our communities and experienced a sickening “Groundhog Day”-like déjà vu sensation. We have wondered what we can do to powerfully assert our core civil rights and defend against the erosion of human dignity. We have come to understand the terrible truth that, without mechanisms for the immediate and indisputable tracking of law enforcement misconduct, the most vulnerable among us will continue to suffer unconstitutional and inhumane mistreatment at the hands of certain public officials.
Great news: this week, the ACLU of California launches the Mobile Justice CA app, which is designed to help track and record law enforcement misconduct. The app includes Know Your Rights primers to help you understand your rights when encountering law enforcement officials, whether local, state, or federal. For example, the First Amendment protects your right to take photographs or video of police officers from a safe distance if you’re a bystander to a police-civilian encounter. The app also allows you to send video to the ACLU even if law enforcement officials try to confiscate or destroy your smartphone.
By downloading and using the Mobile Justice CA app, you are giving yourself one more tool in the fight against government misconduct. That can make all the difference in the world for would-be victims of police violence, and over time, can help our communities feel more empowered and safe.
Following tragedies like the police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., law-enforcement agencies across the U.S. are adopting body-worn cameras. And in a twist that was perhaps inevitable, private-sector service workers from security guards and repo men to electricians and real-estate agents are embracing them too.
In interviews with makers of these wearable cameras, as well as those using them, I found something at once hopeful and a tad disturbing: Anyone whose situation might later spark legal claims should at least think about wearing a body-worn camera.
These devices can serve as an independent witness, and they have been shown, at least anecdotally, to aid in quickly resolving claims. Or to put it another way: One solution to this country’s notorious litigiousness could be universal personal surveillance.
Of course, some people who buy these cameras don’t like the word surveillance. It suggests dystopias, unsavory power relationships and the “surveillance state.” But after hearing stories of lawsuits averted and tense situations de-escalated, I’ve come to the conclusion that a society in which we routinely expect to be filmed by the people with whom we interact could be a better one.
Take, for example, repo man Chris Kneib of North West Repossession in Missoula, Mont. Mr. Kneib has been wearing a body-worn camera made by similar to those made by DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com for the past four years.
Mr. Kneib could be sued for damaging a vehicle, causing others emotional distress or “breach of peace.” People also can file claims against him with the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. People who are having their vehicles repossessed are often angry, and may resort to the courts or the CFPB when they feel they have been wronged.
People have brandished rifles at Mr. Kneib. He now turns on his camera the moment he arrives on the scene. They even sued him on several occasions. Yet Mr. Kneib says his insurer has never had to pay a claim against him, something he attributes in part to his body-worn camera.
“People file complaints, and we have to be able to defend our actions,” says Mr. Kneib. “I don’t have to write anything down; I just send [law enforcement or the CFPB] a video. It saves me time and money because I have the documentation.”
In Britain, police have been equipped with body-worn cameras longer than in the U.S., where they are still relatively new. A spokesman for one British vendor says body-worn camera users range from government agents who go to sea to catch poachers to building inspectors. These non-police users represent about 20% of their sales.
While it makes sense that people whose jobs include enforcement or potential confrontations might use tools favored by the police, what I found intriguing was the other sorts of professionals who find cameras can help them do their jobs.
Monty Henry and Carolyn Aranda, owners of California-based DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com, says their company has a complete line of body-worn cameras ideally-suited for service professionals. Our body-worn cameras can be can be financed on a layaway plan as well as being bought or rented.
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Architects and building inspectors are starting to use cameras in the same way.
It turns out real-estate agents sometimes have to deal with clients who claim that their homes were damaged, or had items stolen from them, during open houses.
Imagine something about the size of a matchbox that can be taken almost anywhere. The cameras, which cost less than $500 apiece, can film for hours. Some of them can even stream video directly to a smartphone.
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Smartphone cameras shed light on events in many parts of the world last year, from Syria and Ukraine to the streets of St. Louis and New York.
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In a way, body cameras are just the natural evolution of this trend, a way for professionals to capture events from their own perspective.
As with all technologies, it isn’t possible to predict what the spread of body-worn cameras will bring. But if they lead to more civility and fewer lawsuits, it is a technology that won’t just pay for itself they'll also offer us peace-of-mine as well. Even outside of law enforcement, body-worn cameras could deliver on the implicit promise of all new devices: improving our lives.
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• Video is Recorded Locally To An Installed SD Card (2GB SD Card included)
• Email Notifications (Motion Alerts, Camera Failure, IP Address Change, SD Card Full)
• Live Monitoring, Recording And Event Playback Via Internet
• Back-up SD Storage Up To 32GB (SD Not Included)
• Digital Wireless Transmission (No Camera Interference)
• View LIVE On Your SmartPhone!
Includes:
* Nanny Cameras w/ Remote View
* Wireless IP Receiver
* Remote Control
* A/C Adaptor
* 2GB SD Card
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FACT SHEET: HIDDEN NANNY-SPY (VIEW VIA THE INTERNET) CAMERAS
Specifications:
Receiver Specs:
* Transmission Range of 500 ft Line Of Sight
* Uses 53 Channels Resulting In No Interference
* 12V Power Consumption
* RCA Output
* Supports up to 32gig SD
Camera Specs:
* 640x480 / 320x240 up to 30fps
* Image Sensor: 1/4" Micron Sensor
* Resolution: 720x480 Pixels
* S/N Ratio: 45 db
* Sensitivity: 11.5V/lux-s @ 550nm
* Video System: NTSC
* White Balance: Auto Tracking
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