Evaluating Body-Worn Cameras and Smart Policing

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

A key component of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) is implementation and evaluation of innovative police technologies. Most recently, SPI has focused on body-worn cameras in police agencies across the nation. This panel will consist of Smart Policing practitioners and researchers who are conducting rigorous body-worn camera studies, discussing police-research partnerships, methodology, and evaluation findings.

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Policing / 55: Police Strategies, Interventions, and Evaluations 

Individual Presentations

• Preliminary Results from Milwaukee Police Department’s Random Controlled Trial Evaluation of Body Worn Cameras - Lilly Yu, Urban Institute; Bryce E. Peterson, Urban Institute; Daniel Lawrence, RTI International

• Preliminary Results from the Chicago Police Department's Body Worn Cameras Program - Jonathan H. Lewin, Chicago Police Department

• Evaluation Issues and Challenges Regarding Body Worn Cameras - James Coldren, CNA

Chair

• James Coldren, CNA

Discussant

• Michael White, Arizona State University