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Louisiana Public Square - Police POV: Body Cameras in LA

Season 12 Episode 1202 | 58m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

What happens when police and the people they arrest have different versions of encounters?

What happens when police and the people they arrest have different versions of their encounters? Major cities in Louisiana are taking steps to try to solve that problem by equipping their officers with body cameras. So, how do they work and how expensive are they? How are communities covering their costs? Can body cameras deescalate volatile situations? And what privacy issues do they raise?

01/27/2016 | Rating NR

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Louisiana Public Square - Police POV: Body Cameras in LA

Season 12 Episode 1202 | 58m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

What happens when police and the people they arrest have different versions of their encounters? Major cities in Louisiana are taking steps to try to solve that problem by equipping their officers with body cameras. So, how do they work and how expensive are they? How are communities covering their costs? Can body cameras deescalate volatile situations? And what privacy issues do they raise?

01/27/2016 | Rating NR

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