Systematic Social Observations and Video Footage: A Comparative Analysis of Police-Citizen Encounters

• In Event: Body-Worn Camera Research and Evaluation: Different Views from Different Perspectives

Abstract

This paper focuses on the differences between video footage captured on police officer body-worn cameras and actual observations by researchers in the field. Using systematic social observation (SSO) data from the evaluation of body-worn cameras in the Los Angeles Police Department, researchers compared those SSOs to video footage from the police.

Authors

• Craig D. Uchida, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.

• Shellie Solomon, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.

• John McCluskey, Rochester Institute of Technology

• Christine Connor, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.

• Mariel Shutinya, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.