Who Uses Body-Worn Cameras: Police Discretion as a Function of Agency

• In Event: Media Effects in Times of Crisis and Change

Brief Overview

Large state police departments are more likely than regional sheriff and municipal departments to use body-worn cams. The findings are important because most of the negative encounters covered in the media are by officers employed by municipalities.

Authors

• Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

• James Barrett