| Podings said: Cue cameras strangely malfunctioning during each and every mission where investigation of the officers' efforts become necessary. |
While I don't think this should mean an automatic guilty verdict for whatever the situation is, I do believe anytime such a thing occurs, there should be extraordinarily severe penalties attached to it, up to and including jail time (Basically have a scale of punishments starting with a fine going all the way to jail time for intentional infractions...like the HIPAA penalties (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act). The devices can be made to have audible and visible signs for malfunction (both should be employed, so as to have no question about a malfunctioning unit), and should be checked for functionality prior to a shift and after a shift is over.
The footage should also be reviewed weekly with the officer and, maybe someone from IA (internal affairs), as a constant means of improvement. Those are very high standards to hold police to, however, as servants of the community, I believe they should be held to a far higher standard than most other professions.
