Program Profile: Effects of Body-Worn Cameras on Reducing Rates of Citizen Fatalities

Program Summary This program involves law enforcement’s use of cameras to record interactions with civilians to reduce citizen fatalities.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

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This program involves law enforcement’s use of cameras to record interactions with civilians to reduce citizen fatalities. The program is rated Promising. Agencies that acquired cameras had statistically significant decreases in fatal police–citizen encounters after three years, compared with agencies that did not acquire cameras. There were no statistically significant differences in fatal encounters between a reduced set of agencies with cameras and matched agencies without cameras.

A Promising rating implies that implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes either 1) one study conducted in multiple sites; or 2) two or three studies, each conducted at a different site. Learn about how we make the multisite determination.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 18+

Gender: Male, Female

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Community-Oriented Policing, General deterrence, Specific deterrence, Violence Prevention

Current Program Status: Active

Researcher:
Joel Miller
Professor and M.A. Program Director
School of Criminal Justice, Center for Law and Justice, Rutgers University

123 Washington Street, Suite 549
Newark, NJ 07102
United States

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