SEMINAR

Videos created by body-worn cameras (BWC) may create accurate evidence, but do these videos tell the truth? Despite the public outcry for body-worn cameras for all law enforcement agencies, there are limitations, drawbacks and a great many unknowns that accompany the benefits. To understand the value of BWC videos, you must learn about human psychology, the art and science of filmmaking, and human factors analysis. This class will address those topics and more. Using many examples from police BWC videos, the class will explain why sometimes BWC video is the best evidence, sometimes it is the worst, but usually it is somewhere in between.