The New Police Leader

THE NEW POLICE

LEADER MAGAZINE

SUMMER 2015

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STAFF DĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ DĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ^ƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŽƌ Milton Brown

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From Dashboard Camera to Body Cameras — Recording Devices are Here to Stay

By Diandra Ritchie

ĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ >ŝŬĞ ĂŶLJ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŵĂůĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ǀŝƐƵĂů Žƌ ĂƵĚŝŽ ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƐĐŽƉĞ ŽĨ ǀŝĞǁ͘

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KƉĞŶ ĂƌƌLJ ŝůů Passes in Texas >ĞŐŝƐůĂƚƵƌĞ

By Elizabeth Bonner

Texas is set to become the 45th state to legalize the ŽƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJ ŽĨ ŚĂŶĚŐƵŶƐ ďLJ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŽĨ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ϭϬϮͲϰϯ͘ dŚĞ ďŝůů ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^ĞŶĂƚĞ ϮϬͲϭϭ͘ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŽƌ 'ƌĞŐ ďďŽƩ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝůů ŽŶĐĞ ŝƚ ƌĞĂĐŚĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĚĞƐŬ͘

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ŝǀŝů ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ and the ^ŽĐŝĂů ŽŶƚƌĂĐƚ

By Levi Wells

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The New Police Leader Magazine is a law enforcement magazine which is free to all police chiefs in Texas as well as ŽƚŚĞƌ ůĂǁ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĸĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ The New Police Leader Magazine is owned and published by Milton Brown, as a professional trade magazine focusing on ƚŽƉŝĐƐ ƌĞůĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ůĂǁ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƐƚĂƚĞͲǁŝĚĞ ŝŶ dĞdžĂƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ is solely owned and does not support any ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ Žƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ The New Police Leader Magazine does not assume responsibility for statements of fact Žƌ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ŵĂĚĞ ďLJ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ͘ ƌƟĐůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŽīĞƌ endorsement of products or services from ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ Žƌ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ content of the New Police Leader Magazine is copyrighted by the publisher or held as indicated and may not be reproduced in any manner, either whole or in part, ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ƉĞƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ The New Police Leader Magazine is released ƚǁŝĐĞ Ă LJĞĂƌ ƐƚĂƚĞͲǁŝĚĞ ŝŶ dĞdžĂƐ͘ ĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƌĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƵƉŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ͘ The New Police Leader Magazine mailing address: W͘K͘ Ždž ϭϰϬϬϳϮ͕ ƵƐƟŶ͕ dĞdžĂƐ ϳϴϳϭϰ WŚŽŶĞ͗ ϮϭϬͲϯϳϱͲϱϱϲϱ &Ădž͗ ϮϭϬͲϯϳϱͲϱϱϲϱ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŚĞŶĞǁƉŽůŝĐĞůĞĂĚĞƌ͘ŽƌŐ &Žƌ WZ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ŝŶƋƵŝƌĞƐ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐĂůů ϮϭϬͲϯϳϱͲϱϱϲϱ KǁŶĞƌͬWƵďůŝƐŚĞƌ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐĂůů ϱϭϮͲϯϬϬͲϰϮϬϬ Sales, please call ϱϭϮͲϯϲϯͲϱϰϬϵ ΞϮϬϭϱ͘ ůů ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ƌĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ͘ ZĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĂŶLJ ĨŽƌŵ ĂƌĞ ƐƚƌŝĐƚůLJ ƉƌŽŚŝďŝƚĞĚ͘

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Ŷ ŽĸĐĞƌ ŽďƐĞƌǀĞƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ͘

From Dashboard Cameras to Body Cameras — Recording Devices are Here to Stay

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ǀĞƌ ϯϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĨŽƌ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĐĂƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞĚ͘ dŽĚĂLJ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ďŝŐ ǁĂǀĞ ŽĨ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ;Žƌ ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵƐͿ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϴϬƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĂƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĚƌƵŶŬ ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůLJ ƉƌŽƐĞĐƵƟŶŐ ŽīĞŶĚĞƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ DŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƌƵŶŬ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ͘ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǁĂǀĞ ŽĨ ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϵϬƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌƵŐ ŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŐĞŶĐLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŐ ƚƌĂĸĐŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŝŶƚĞƌƐƚĂƚĞ ŚŝŐŚǁĂLJƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞƐ ǁŽƌŶ ďLJ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĞůƉ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ĐŽŶƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůLJ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽƐĞĐƵƟŽŶƐ͘ ĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ >ŝŬĞ ĂŶLJ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŵĂůĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ǀŝƐƵĂů Žƌ ĂƵĚŝŽ ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƐĐŽƉĞ ŽĨ ǀŝĞǁ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟǀĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵƐ͘ /Ɛ ŝƚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ͕ Žƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐ ƚƌŝŐŐĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͍

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The storage of camera footage and access to that footage has been an ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ ůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĚĞůĞƟŶŐ Žƌ ĞĚŝƟŶŐ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝĐĞ departments not turning over footage to prosecutors have arisen over the LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŽƐƚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ͕ and even today, not all patrol cars ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ͘

ďĞ ĨĞǁĞƌ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ůĞƐƐ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ to use excessive force, and therefore, there will also be fewer excessive ĨŽƌĐĞ ůĂǁƐƵŝƚƐ ĮůĞĚ͘

Last year, the Houston Police ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĮƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů Đŝǀŝů ůŝďĞƌƚLJ ĂĐƟǀŝƐƚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐĂƌƐ ŽƵƞŝƩĞĚ The biggest reason given for ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘ KŶůLJ t/ ĞƋƵŝƉƉŝŶŐ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ƉĂƚƌŽů ƵŶŝƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵƐ͘ is to have evidence of the events that ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă Houston Chronicle occurred from an electronic, and thus ĂƌƟĐůĞ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŽŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ Ϯϴ͕ ŶĞƵƚƌĂů͕ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ͘ ĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ͞ŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƵƐƚŽŶ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͟ ĚŝůĞŵŵĂ͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŚĂĚ ŽŶůLJ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ϱй ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽůŝĐĞ 'ĞŽīƌĞLJ ůƉĞƌƚ ŝƐ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞdžƉĞƌƚ vehicles with dashboard cameras — on policing and teaches criminology ƚŚĞ ĨĞǁĞƐƚ ŽĨ ĂŶLJ ŵĂũŽƌ dĞdžĂƐ ůĂǁ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĂƌŽůŝŶĂ͘ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŐĞŶĐLJ͘ ,W ŚĂĚ ϯ͕ϵϴϰ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůƉĞƌƚ͕ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĐĂƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŇĞĞƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůLJ ϭϵϵ ŚĂĚ that dashboard cameras support the ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵƐ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ŽĸĐĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ϵϬй ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƟŶ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ϯϴй ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŇĞĞƚ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ;ϱϭϬ ĚĂƐŚ

The biggest reason given for equipping SROLFH RIÀFHUV ZLWK cameras is to have evidence of the events that occurred from an electronic, and thus neutral, source.

Cameras end the “he said, she said” dilemma.

ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ŝƐ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĚ͘ The New Police Leader Magazine l Summer 2015

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ĐĂŵƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ϭ͕ϯϯϱ ŇĞĞƚͿ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĂƐ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŚĂĚ ϱϱй ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŇĞĞƚ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ;ϵϲϬ ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ϭ͕ϳϱϳ ŇĞĞƚͿ͘ ,W ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ would be a waste of money to equip more patrol units with dash cams ǁŚĞŶ ͞ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͙ occur away from the patrol vehicles and thus outside of view of the dash ĐĂŵƐ͘͟ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŝƐ ƐĐŽƉĞ ŽĨ ǀŝĞǁ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ Žƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵŽǀĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƐŚ ĐĂŵ͛Ɛ ǀŝĞǁ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͘ ĂƐŚ cams also record audio that could ŐŝǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞdžƚ ƚŽ Ă ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǀŝĞǁĂďůĞ͘ Ƶƚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞƐ ŵĂůĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƚ ĂƵĚŝŽ͘ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝŽ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶŝŶŐ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ͘ Ɛ ŽĨ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ,W ƐĂLJƐ ƚŚĞLJ ͞ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƟŶŐ ŶĞǁĞƌ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ with the body camera system, of ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJ ϭϬϬ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞƉůŽLJĞĚ͘͟

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The New Police Leader Magazine l Summer 2015

Ŷ ŽĸĐĞƌ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƐ ŽŶĞ ŵŽĚĞů ŽĨ Ă ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ďŽƚŚ ǀŝĚĞŽ ĂŶĚ ĂƵĚŝŽ͘

EŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŝƐ ŽŶ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ KďĂŵĂ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚĞĚ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞ year body camera program with Ψϳϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŝŶ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϰ͖ ΨϮϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ďĞŝŶŐ provided in the form of grants to local ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƐ͘ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐƚƵĚLJ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h͘<͘ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĨŽƌĐĞ ďLJ ϱϬй͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ďLJ ϵϬй͘ WƌŽƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ůŽŽŬĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ZŝĂůƚŽ͕ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŽĸĐĞƌ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǁĞĂƌ Ă ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ͘ tŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĨŽƌĐĞ ďLJ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĚƌŽƉƉĞĚ ϲϬй͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ďLJ ϴϴй͘ ŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ scope of view issue presented by ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů riddled with some of the same issues as dashboard cameras — ĐŽƐƚƐ͕ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŵĂůĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ͕ when and how the cameras record, ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĂ͘ ĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶƚƐ ĐŽƐƚƐ (eg, storage of footage, hardware, ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞͿ ĂƌĞ ĞdžƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘ ,ŽƵƐƚŽŶ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŚŝĞĨ ŚĂƌůĞƐ DĐ ůĞůůĂŶĚ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ǁĂƐ ΨϮ͕ϱϬϬ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŐŝƚĂů ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ͘ ,ŽƵƐƚŽŶ ŚĂƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ͘ ƋƵŝƉƉŝŶŐ ĞĂĐŚ of them with body cameras would ĐŽƐƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ψϳ͘ϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͘ DĐ ůĞůůĂŶĚ supported the idea of body cameras ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ͞ŝƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƵƐ to have our own video, without being ĞĚŝƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ Žƌ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ͛Ɛ cellphone video they want to chop ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůLJ ƐŚŽǁ͙ƚŚĞ ďĂĚ ƉĂƌƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ƚŚŝŶŬ͙ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ ůŽŽŬ ďĂĚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ůŽŽŬ ŐŽŽĚ͘͟ ŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŚĂĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ

ŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌͲŵŽƵŶƚĞĚ͘

ŝŶ ĨĞǁĞƌ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ĐŽŶǀŝĐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĨĂůƐĞ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ Ă ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ ŝƐ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂƌƌĞƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ͘ WƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ >ĞĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ ŝŶǀŝƚĞƐ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ͕ purposely unrecorded encounters, and it invites further mistrust of ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƵŶƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͕ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞŶƚ͘ tĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞůLJ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͍ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŝƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ͛Ɛ ŚĂŶĚƐ͕ ƐŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ

ŵŝƐƚƌƵƐƚ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƚƌŝŐŐĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƵƐƟŶ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚƌŝŐŐĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ ĂĐŬ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŝŶ W ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĂƚ LJĞĂƌ͕ ƚǁŽ men were shot by police — one fatally — and only one of the three dashboard cameras had been ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ͘ ƵƐƟŶ WŽůŝĐĞ ŚŝĞĨ ƌƚ ĐĞǀĞĚŽ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞLJ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ Ă ͞ĨŽŽůƉƌŽŽĨ͟ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ dŚĞ W then upgraded their digital system, and now dashboard cameras are ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƐĞǀĞŶ occurrences, including when a vehicle door opens, the siren is turned on, ƚŚĞ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĚ ĞdžĐĞĞĚƐ ϴϬ ŵƉŚ͕ The New Police Leader Magazine l Summer 2015

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dŚŝƐ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ŝƐ ǁŽƌŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ͛Ɛ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵ͕ ĐůŝƉƉŝŶŐ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ͛Ɛ ƟĞ͘

Žƌ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ŝƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽůůŝƐŝŽŶ͘ The digital footage is wirelessly ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽĸĐĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐŚŝŌ͕ ƐŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŽƌLJ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚĂŵƉĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͘ /Ŷ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϵ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ W ĂůƐŽ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚĞƐƟŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǁĞĂƌĂďůĞ ǀŝĚĞŽ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϭϭ͕ ƐĞǀĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ͘ ŚŝĞĨ ĐĞǀĞĚŽ ƐĂŝĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ ĂŶĚ added most recordings demonstrate ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ďLJ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͘ ĐĞǀĞĚŽ ĮŶĚƐ ĚĂƐŚďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ͞Ă ǁŝŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘͟ dŚĞLJ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŝƐŵ͕ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJ conduct problems, and provide ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ʹ Ăůů ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ >ĂƐƚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͕ ĐĞǀĞĚŽ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ W ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŽƵƞŝƫŶŐ Ăůů ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘ The ƵƐƟŶ ŚƌŽŶŝĐůĞ reported on a ŝƚLJ ŽƵŶĐŝů WƵďůŝĐ ^ĂĨĞƚLJ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƵƐƟŶ ŝŶ ůĂƚĞ Ɖƌŝů ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͘ W ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ŚŝĞĨ :ĂƐŽŶ ƵƐƚĞƌŚŽŌ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ Ă ƟŵĞůŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ

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The New Police Leader Magazine l Summer 2015

ĨƵůů ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ ŽƐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ Ψϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƌƚƵƉ͕ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĂƚĂ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶLJ ǁŚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ W ƐŚŽƵůĚ ũƵƐƚ ŵŽǀĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƞŝƫŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŶŽǁ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĞƋƵŝƉ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĨŽƌĐĞ͘ WŽůŝĐĞ DŽŶŝƚŽƌ DĂƌŐŽ &ƌĂƐŝĞƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ŽƵƞŝƫŶŐ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ district since they usually do not have dashboard cameras, and it is ĂŶ ĂƌĞĂ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ͘ ƵƐƚĞƌŚŽŌ ƚŚŝŶŬƐ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ǁŝůů ůŝŬĞůLJ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ ďLJ ďŽƚŚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ the public, but noted other concerns ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ƟŵĞ͘ WƌŝǀĂĐLJ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŚŽŵĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ŚŽŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶLJ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ KĸĐĞƌƐ ĂůƐŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ǀŝĐƟŵƐ͕ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĂLJ ďĞ ůĞƐƐ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ĐĂŶĚŝĚůLJ ŝĨ ƚŚĞLJ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĮůŵĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͘ ƵƐƚĞƌŚŽŌ ĂůƐŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ͕ ŶĂŵĞůLJ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽĚ ŽĨ ŽƉĞŶ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ

ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞůLJ ĨŽůůŽǁ͘ ĞďďŝĞ ZƵƐƐĞůů ŽĨ >h dĞdžĂƐ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛Ɛ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ͕ and tailoring their reports to match the footage rather than giving ĂŶ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ ŶƚŽŶŝŽ ƵĞŚůĞƌ͕ ĨŽƵŶĚĞƌ ŽĨ WĞĂĐĞĨƵů ^ƚƌĞĞƚƐ WƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƵƉ ŚŝƐ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ƐĂĨĞŐƵĂƌĚƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͗ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ Žī ǁŚŝůĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͖ ƉƵŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŵĂůĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ͖ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ video access be controlled by a third, ŶĞƵƚƌĂů ƉĂƌƚLJ͖ ŶŽƚ ƉĞƌŵŝƫŶŐ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ to review footage before giving ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ Đŝǀŝů Žƌ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƐ examples of excessive force used by police, and these serve to further the ŵŝƐƚƌƵƐƚ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ dŚĞ tension is reaching a boiling point ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĂŵŝĚ ĨĂƚĂů ĂůƚĞƌĐĂƟŽŶƐ between the police and unarmed ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůLJ ĨƌŝĐĂŶͲ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŵĞŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƐƚ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͘ ZĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ transparency and accountability for ďŽƚŚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚĞŶĚĞŶĐLJ ŽĨ ŐƌĂŶĚ ũƵƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞ ƚŽ ŝŶĚŝĐƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĞdžĐĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ force has been recorded raises a big ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ĞdžĐĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŝƐ evidenced by a recording, will police ƐƟůů ďĞ ůŝĂďůĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂǁ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ͍ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚĞƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƐǁŽƌŶ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƌǀĞ͘

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exas is set to become the ϰϱƚŚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƚŽ ůĞŐĂůŝnjĞ ƚŚĞ open carry of handguns ďLJ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŽĨ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ϭϬϮͲϰϯ͘ dŚĞ ďŝůů ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^ĞŶĂƚĞ ϮϬͲϭϭ͘ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŽƌ 'ƌĞŐ ďďŽƩ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝůů ŽŶĐĞ ŝƚ ƌĞĂĐŚĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĚĞƐŬ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ϭ͕ ϮϬϭϲ͘ Presently, in order to have a handgun ŝŶ ƉƵďůŝĐ͕ Ă ĐŝƟnjĞŶ Ϯϭ LJĞĂƌƐ Žƌ ŽůĚĞƌ must obtain a concealed handgun ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ;ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Ă ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ͕ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŶ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŬĞƉƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ŽƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJ ďŝůů ǁŝůů ĂůůŽǁ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ǁŚŽ

have a concealed handgun license to openly carry a holstered gun on the ďĞůƚ Žƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌ͘ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůLJ͕ dĞdžĂƐ currently allows the purchase and ŽƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƌŝŇĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƚŐƵŶƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ƉĞƌŵŝƚ͘ KƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌƐ ƐĂLJ ŐƵŶƐ ŝŶ plain sight will be a deterrent against ĐƌŝŵĞ͘ ͘:͘ 'ƌŝƐŚĂŵ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ K ŽĨ KƉĞŶ ĂƌƌLJ dĞdžĂƐ͕ ƐĂLJƐ͕ ͞ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂůƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ ŽĨ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞLJ͛ƌĞ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ ŽĨ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƐŚŽƚ͘͟ ƌŝƟĐƐ of open carry say there will be an increase in crime and accidental ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐ͘ ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƌŝƐŬ ƚŽ ůĂǁ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƐĂŐĞ ŽĨ ŽƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJ ůĂǁƐ͘

dŚĞ dĞdžĂƐ WŽůŝĐĞ ŚŝĞĨƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ recently released a survey that ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŶĞĂƌůLJ ϳϱй ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϮ ƉŽůŝĐĞ chiefs surveyed do not want open ĐĂƌƌLJ ůĂǁƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ͘ WŽůůƐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ only a minority of Texans support ŽƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJ ůĂǁƐ͘ /Ŷ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͕ Ă hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ dĞdžĂƐͬTexas Tribune poll surveying Texans about gun laws ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ϰϱй ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĐŽŶĐĞĂůĞĚ ĐĂƌƌLJ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŽŶůLJ ϯϮй ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJ͘ Some have suggested that the legislature is being persuaded by ŐƵŶͲƌŝŐŚƚƐ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌŐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ǁĂŶƚ open carry, and this law is for the

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ƉƌŽͲŐƵŶ ĨĞǁ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶ ĂůĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ caters to a gun lobby agenda,” said ^ĂŶĚLJ ŚĂƐƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ dĞdžĂƐ ŚĂƉƚĞƌ ŽĨ DŽŵƐ ĞŵĂŶĚ ĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ 'ƵŶ ^ĞŶƐĞ ŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘ ͞ Ɛ Ă ŐƵŶͲŽǁŶŝŶŐ dĞdžĂƐ ŵŽŵ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ dĞdžĂƐ / ǁĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ĨĂŵŝůLJ Žƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘͟ dŚŽƵŐŚ dĞdžĂƐ ŚĂƐ Ă ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŐƵŶͲƚŽƟŶŐ ƐƚĂƚĞ͕ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ŽŶůLJ ϯϱ͘ϵй ŽĨ dĞdžĂŶƐ ŽǁŶĞĚ Ă ŐƵŶ͘ /Ŷ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ dĞdžĂƐ and Texas Tribune ĚŝĚ Ă ũŽŝŶƚ ƉŽůů ĂŶĚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ϰϰй ŽĨ dĞdžĂŶƐ ŽǁŶĞĚ ŽŶĞ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŐƵŶƐ͘ ŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂǁ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ůĂǁŵĂŬĞƌƐ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ a provision from the bill that would have prohibited police from stopping ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚŐƵŶ licenses if they are openly carrying

Ă ŐƵŶ͘ WƌŽƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ƉƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŚĂĚ ƌĂĐŝĂů ƉƌŽĮůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ &ŽƵƌƚŚ ŵĞŶĚŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ mind when it was originally added ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŝůů͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ ǁĂƐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶ ŽĸĐĞƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ Ă ĐŝƟnjĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ŚĂŶĚŐƵŶ license simply because the person is ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƉƵďůŝĐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŚĂŶĚŐƵŶ ĞdžƉŽƐĞĚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďĂďůĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ͘ These stops, and possible searches, ŵĂLJ ǀŝŽůĂƚĞ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ͛ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ unreasonable searches and seizures ĂƐ ĂīŽƌĚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͘ Being able to indiscriminately stop ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ĐĂŶ ŝŶǀŝƚĞ ƌĂĐŝĂů ƉƌŽĮůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ͘ However, under the version of the bill that passed both the House and ^ĞŶĂƚĞ͕ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŚĂŶĚŐƵŶ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞƐ͘

Polls indicate that only a minority of Texans support open carry laws.

In February this year, a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll surveying Texans about gun laws found that 45% support concealed carry, while only 32% support open carry.

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dŚĞ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƉĞƌŵŝƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĐĂƌƌLJ ŽŶ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ is a related bill that discusses the concealed carrying of handguns on ƐĐŚŽŽů ĐĂŵƉƵƐĞƐ͘ The so-called campus-carry bill would allow students and faculty members Ăƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ to carry concealed handguns into classrooms, dormitories and other ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŶĐĞĂůĞĚ ŚĂŶĚŐƵŶ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ͕ Ă ĐŝƟnjĞŶ ĐĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŐƵŶ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ďƵƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŶ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶLJ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͘ The bill is expected to be signed into ůĂǁ ďLJ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŽƌ ďďŽƩ͘ dŚĞ ůĂǁ ǁŝůů ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ ĞīĞĐƚ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ ϮϬϭϲ Ăƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƵŐƵƐƚ ϮϬϭϳ Ăƚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĐŽůůĞŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ďŝůů ƉĞƌŵŝƚƐ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŽƉƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ concealed carry altogether, and allows ƉƵďůŝĐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĂƚĞ ŐƵŶͲ ĨƌĞĞ njŽŶĞƐ͘

ŽŶĐĞĂůĞĚ ŚĂŶĚŐƵŶ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ Ϯϭ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ͕ ƐĞǀĞŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƉĞƌŵŝƚ the carrying of concealed weapons ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐĞƐ͗ ŽůŽƌĂĚŽ͕ /ĚĂŚŽ͕ <ĂŶƐĂƐ͕ DŝƐƐŝƐƐŝƉƉŝ͕ KƌĞŐŽŶ͕ hƚĂŚ ĂŶĚ tŝƐĐŽŶƐŝŶ͘ dĞdžĂŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǀĞŶůLJ split on whether to allow concealed handguns on campuses according to Ă hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ dĞdžĂƐͬTexas Tribune ϮϬϭϯ ƉŽůů͘ Supporters of campus carry rely ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĐŽŶĚ ŵĞŶĚŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĐŽŶĚ ŵĞŶĚŵĞŶƚ ƉĞƌŵŝƚƐ the carrying of weapons in public, ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͘

&ƌŽŵ Ă ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ƐƚĂŶĚƉŽŝŶƚ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐ͕ professors or students with guns can ƐƚŽƉ ƐƉƌĞĞ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ͘ KƉƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ƚŚŝŶŬ guns on campuses are unnecessary ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶLJ ůŝĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ There could be an increase in gun ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŐƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ͘ Some have even suggested concealed carry on campuses will raise insurance ƉƌĞŵŝƵŵƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĐŽƐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŽƌ ďďŽƩ ŚĂƐ ƉůĞĚŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶ any bills that expand gun rights in dĞdžĂƐ͘

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/Ŷ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĐĂůĞĚ up versions of outlandish behavior, we have built for ourselves an ever increasing wall of technological ƐĂĨĞƚLJ͘ DĂŐŶĞƚŽŵĞƚĞƌƐ͕ ďĂĐŬ ƐĐĂƩĞƌ x-ray, millimeter wave machines, physical searches, infrared cameras on every corner, license plate ƐĐĂŶŶĞƌƐ͕ ĨĂĐŝĂů ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ͕ email and telephone snooping devices, speed cameras, surveillance drones, and gunshot detectors are all on a very long list of a technology wave that is changing how police ĚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ Ăůů ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƚ ƐŽĐŝĂůůLJ͘ DŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƵƌ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ ŵĂƐƐ ƋƵĂŶƟƟĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĐŝƟnjĞŶ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŝŐŝƟnjĞĚ ĂŶĚ ϯ photos, to electronically scanned ĮŶŐĞƌ ƉƌŝŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ LJĞƐ E ǁŝůů ƐŽŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŽĨ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͘ ŶĚ while these tools have become very ƵƐĞĨƵů ƚŽ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŝŶ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŶŐ ĐƌŝŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂƌŐƵĞ ŝŶ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ crime, what has it done to our ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚLJ͍ ^ƵƌǀĞŝůůĂŶĐĞ ŽŶ Ă ŵĂƐƐ ƐĐĂůĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ŝŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ a means of deterrence, can also create an underlying psychological and sociological challenge for our ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǁĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƐĂLJ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞůŝĐŽƉƚĞƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͍ ŶĚ yet as a society, we are on a long road toward a helicopter government, where every aspect of our lives will ďĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͕ ƐĐĂŶŶĞĚ͕ ƐĐƌƵƟŶŝnjĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ďĂƐŝƐ͘ Ž ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƐ ƐĂĨĞƌ͍ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ͘ Ƶƚ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƐ ĨƌĞĞ ĂƐ ǁĞ ŽŶĐĞ ǁĞƌĞ͍

force, followed by the technology ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ĐŽŵƉůĞdž͘ dŚĞ ĨĞĂƌ ŽĨ terrorism, the fear of certain types of crime ( some violent and some ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƐŝĚŝŽƵƐ ůŝŬĞ ŝĚĞŶƟƚLJ ƚŚĞŌͿ͘ dŚĞ ĞdžƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐƌŝŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉƌĞƐƐ channels lend themselves to the fear ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽ ũƵƐƟĨLJ an ever increasing technological surveillance grid in the name of ƐĂĨĞƚLJ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶŶŽĐƵŽƵƐ forms of surveillance have expanded, ƐŽŵĞ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůLJ ƐŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͘ /Ŷ ŵĂŶLJ ũƵƌŝƐĚŝĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ŶĞĂƌůLJ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƚƌĂĸĐ ůŝŐŚƚ ŝƐ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ with cameras, which may or may ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚƌĂĸĐ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ͘ DĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ camera grids are not explained to the ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ

ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌƐĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ĞdžĐƵƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŝƐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚĞĚ͘ /Ŷ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĞƌĞůLJ ƚƌĂĸĐ ĚĞƚĞĐƟŽŶ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŵĂLJ ďĞ ŶŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ǀŝĚĞŽ͘ Ƶƚ the presence of this type of system without informing the public lends itself to an ever increasing public ƉĂƌĂŶŽŝĂ͘

Red Lights to Body Cameras Remembering when the red light ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ǁĂƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ argument then was that it would save lives and deter drivers from running ƌĞĚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ ϮϬϬϱ ƐƚƵĚLJ ŽĨ ZĞĚ >ŝŐŚƚ ĂŵĞƌĂ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ

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ďĞĐĂŵĞ Ă ŵŽŶĞLJ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ for local governments, who in some cases reduced the number of seconds on yellow lights, thereby trapping ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ǀŝŽůĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ may have been safe to traverse the LJĞůůŽǁ ůŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ one example of how technology can become a tool of oppression, ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ďĞŶĞĮƚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ Nevertheless, in some states, again EĞǁ :ĞƌƐĞLJ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƌĞĚ ůŝŐŚƚ cameras may be going the way of the ĚŽĚŽ ďŝƌĚ͘ EĞǁ :ĞƌƐĞLJ ŚĂƐ ƐƵƐƉĞŶĚĞĚ its red light capture program while it evaluates data and may end the ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ Ăůů ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ dǁĞůǀĞ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ have restricted or banned red light ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĞĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ϭϴ states have no laws regarding red light ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ Ăƚ Ăůů͘ ^Ɵůů ƚŚĞ ƐĐĂůĞ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ technology can do has not yet ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ůŝŵŝƚƐ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ more recent issues concerning police ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐ ŽĨ ƵŶĂƌŵĞĚ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚƐ ;ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ Žƌ ŶŽƚͿ͕ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ body cameras will become standard issue in most police departments ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ ĂƐŚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĂƌĞ already standard equipment in police

ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ͘ ĂƐŚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽĚLJ cameras with microphones can and should be a help for police, to show exactly what occurs during a police ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ŝƚ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƐĐƌƵƟŶLJ ďLJ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ public, who will eventually begin to demand footage from body cameras ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ŝƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ƐƚŽƉ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ŽŶ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͘ /Ŷ ZƵƐƐŝĂ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŵŽƚŽƌŝƐƚƐ use dash cameras in their vehicles to protect themselves against ƉŽŽƌůLJ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ůĂǁƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌĞƩLJ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ǀŝĚĞŽ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ ;ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ŵĞƚĞŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƌĞĂŬĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ƐŬLJ &Ğď͘ ϭϱ͕ ϮϬϭϯ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞͿ͘ Ƶƚ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂƩůĞ ŽĨ ǀŝĚĞŽ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ǁŝůů Ăůů ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ǀŝĚĞŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ ĚĂŝůLJ͕ ƵŶƟů ǁĞ͛ƌĞ Ăůů ƐŽ ŽŶ ŐƵĂƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƌŽďŽƟĐ ŝŶ nature to insure nothing untoward is recorded and then placed on the internet, or worse turned over to the ͞W ͟ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͍ Ƶƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ͍ / ƐĂLJ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ĐŝǀŝůŝƚLJ͘ dŚĂƚ simple yet important quality that ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞƐ ƵƐ ĂƐ Ă ĐŝǀŝůŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ďĂƌďĂƌŝĐ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ͘ ŽŶĚƵĐƟŶŐ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ŝŶ Ă Đŝǀŝů ŵĂŶŶĞƌ ĂƐ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͕ rather than doing the same through Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĨĞĂƌ ŝƐ Ă ůŽƐƐ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ Ăůů͘ dŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂLJ / ǁĞŶƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŵLJ ůŽĐĂů convenience store to get my morning ĐŽīĞĞ͘ ŶĚ / ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ patrons opened doors for each other, ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂŶŬ LJŽƵ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͘

ŶĚ ƐŽ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ƚĞƐƚĂŵĞŶƚ to their humanity and civility because ƚŚĞLJ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƐŽ ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞ͘ / ƚĞƐƚĞĚ ŵLJ hypothesis over the next several days and across a number of convenience ƐƚŽƌĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůLJ Đŝǀŝů͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚůŝĞƌ͍ tŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ person who chooses not to follow this same manner of behavior, that ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĚŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƌƵĚĞ͍ tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͍ Do the others band together and ĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚ ƐƵĐŚ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ͍ /Ɛ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶLJ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚĂů ƐŚĂŵĞ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞͬƐŚĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ in line socially, rather than through the threat of police or government ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ͍ / ƌĞŐƌĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ / ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ŐŽ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĂŝƌƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬ ŵLJ ůŽǀĞĚ ŽŶĞƐ

to the gate of the airplane for which ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƟĐŬĞƚ ĂŶĚ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ͘ / regret having to wait in a long line to ďĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐĐƌƵƟŶŝnjĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ / ĚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƟĐŬĞƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĂŝƌƉůĂŶĞ͘ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŽƵƌ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ should be such that we all agree not ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ŚŝũĂĐŬ ĂŝƌƉůĂŶĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ does try, rather than cower in our ƐĞĂƚƐ͘ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚ we should call out those who fall outside our societal norms through ĂŶ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŝǀŝůŝƚLJ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ nothing short of civility will be ƚŽůĞƌĂƚĞĚ͘ / ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ǁĂŶƚ to live in fear and be forced to live behind an ever increasing wall of ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƐĐƌƵƟŶLJ͘ tĞ ŽŶĐĞ ŚĂĚ such a society and we can have it ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ϵϭϭ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘

dĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ Ă ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƚǁŽ ůĂŶĞ winding road through a mountain pass – the two lanes separated only ďLJ Ă ĚŽƵďůĞ LJĞůůŽǁ ůŝŶĞ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ our social contract is that each driver on the road will stay on his side of ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ LJĞůůŽǁ ůŝŶĞ͘ / ĐĂŶ ƚĞůů LJŽƵ ƚŚĂƚ /͛ǀĞ ƚƌĂǀĞůĞĚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƌŽĂĚ ŵĂŶLJ ƟŵĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ / ĚƌŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ fear, passing many other drivers ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ůĂŶĞ͘ EĞŝƚŚĞƌ / ŶŽƌ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ /͛ǀĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ a head on collision driving on this ƚLJƉĞ ŽĨ ƌŽĂĚǁĂLJ͘ tŚLJ͍ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ĞĂĐŚ of us consciously or unconsciously ŚĂƐ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚ͘ dŚĞ contract being that we will stay on ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ͘ ŶĚ ŐƵĞƐƐ ǁŚĂƚ͍ /ƚ ǁŽƌŬƐ͘ Ƶƚ ůĞƚ ĨĞĂƌ ĐƌĞĞƉ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ͕ LJŽƵ͛ǀĞ ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ

Neither I nor anyone else I’ve known has ever had a head on collision driving on this type of roadway. Why? Because each of us consciously or unconsciously has agreed to a social contract.

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and the scenery of both sides of the mountain, only to be replaced by a center cement wall, topped by Ă ĨĞŶĐĞ Žƌ ďůŝŶĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŽƌƚ͘ Why, because a few unfortunate and ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĨĂƚĂůŝƚLJ͘ While sad, should we allow the fear of any possible death control all that we ĚŽ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽLJ͘ EŽ ǁŽƌƚŚǁŚŝůĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞŶĚĞĂǀŽƌ ŝƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌŝƐŬ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ĚŝĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŝĞ ŝŶ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ǁĂLJƐ͘ Ƶƚ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͕ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ increase awareness and vigilance, improving the social contract rather ƚŚĂŶ ƌĞƐŽƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͘ /Ĩ Ă ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ŝƐ ƐƉĞĞĚŝŶŐ͕ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ƟĐŬĞƚ Śŝŵ͘ Ɛ / ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ ŵLJ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ĂůǁĂLJƐ ďĞ ŽƵƚůŝĞƌƐ͘ Ƶƚ ůĞƚ ƵƐ ĮŶĚ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁĂLJƐ ŽĨ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂďĞƌƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ Đŝǀŝů ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ ǁŚŝůĞ ǁĞ ƐƟůů ĐĂŶ ĚŽ ŝƚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŵŝĚ :ƵŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů LJĞĂƌ͘ /͛ǀĞ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƌŚŽŽĚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŵLJ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ many of the residences place signs in their yards near the street that say ͞ ƌŝǀĞ >ŝŬĞ zŽƵƌ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ WůĂLJ ,ĞƌĞ͘͟ ŽĞƐ ŝƚ ƐůŽǁ ŵŽƐƚ ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ĚŽǁŶ͍ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ Ăƚ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ŝƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ way they are driving even if for a ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĂƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ŵĂLJ ŵĂŬĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ůŽǁ ƚĞĐŚ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ Ă ŐƌĂƐƐƌŽŽƚƐ ůĞǀĞů͕ ĂŶĚ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝƚ ǁŽƌŬƐ͘

The Evils of Society KŬĂLJ ƐŽ ƚŚŝƐ Ăůů ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ǀĞƌLJ ŶŝĐĞ͕ but the reality is that some people ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂƌĞ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůLJ Ğǀŝů͘ ŶĚ

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The New Police Leader Magazine l Summer 2015

ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ Ğǀŝů͕ ǁĞ͛ůů ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ĂŶƟͲƐŽĐŝĂů ʹ Žƌ ŵĂLJďĞ ůĞƚƐ ĐĂůů ŝƚ ĂŶƟƐŽĐŝĂů ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚLJ ĚŝƐŽƌĚĞƌ͘ ^Ž ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĞŵŽƐƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚLJ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͕ ƉƌŽƐĞĐƵƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝƐŽŶƐ͘ tĂŝƚ͊ / ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͘ ,Ğ͛Ɛ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ĐŝƌĐƵůĂƌ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ saying there is too much surveillance and techno policing and now he ƐĂLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ͘ >Ğƚ ŵĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ďLJ ƐĂLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ͘ tŚĂƚ / ĚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ůŝĞƐ͕ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƌĞ͘ Ƶƚ the pressures of societal norms have ďĞĞŶ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ŽƵƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ Ă technological system of civic herding ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ŵĞĂŶƐ͘ Right now, the limits of what technological systems of surveillance will be available in the future ƐĞĞŵƐ ǁŝĚĞ ŽƉĞŶ͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ƚƌĂĚĞĚ our civility for state sponsored and ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĐĂůůLJ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ͘ dĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƵLJ ǁŚŽ recorded the hearse driver, who had ƐƚŽƉƉĞĚ Ăƚ ƵŶŬŝŶ ŽŶƵƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽīĞĞ͘ The witness used his cell phone to record the incident and then posted ŝƚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƐĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ ĮƌĞĚ͘ Đŝǀŝů ŵŝŶĚĞĚ person would have simply had a quiet ďƵƚ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟǀĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĞŶĚĞĚ ǁĞůů͘ /ƐŶ͛ƚ ŝƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƌĞͲƚŚŝŶŬ ŽƵƌ ĐŝǀŝůŝƚLJ͍

ĂŶĚ /ƐƐĂĐ zŽǁ͕ ŚĞĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝďůŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƐĞ ŽĨ the suspect, who eventually put down ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚ ĂŶĚ ŇĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ŽŶůLJ ϭϱ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĂŐĞ͕ ǁĂƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƌĞƐƚĞĚ͘ /Ĩ ŝƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ŵĂůĞ ƚĞĞŶƐ ǁŚŽ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ chase, it is only a terrible wonder what would have happened to the ƚŽĚĚůĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ this scenario is that bystanders forgot ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐŽƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͘ No cell phones to video the incident, ŶŽ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ ǁĂƐ ƐĂǀĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ of chivalry, of civic mindedness, of ƐŽĐŝĂů ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞŶƐ͕ ƌĂŶĞ͕ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ŝƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂLJ͕ ͞/ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĐĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŬŝĚ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĐĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵLJ ŽǁŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ͘͟

/Ŷ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϮ͕ Ă ƌŽďďĞƌLJ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ ŇĞĞŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ ^ĞĂƩůĞ ũĞǁĞůƌLJ ƐƚŽƌĞ ƐŚŽƚ Ă ŚŽƚĞů ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚLJ guard who was in pursuit, before the ŐƵĂƌĚ ŬŶŽĐŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ďLJƐƚĂŶĚĞƌƐ ƉŝůĞĚ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ good Samaritans pinned the suspect down, secured his gun as police ƌƵƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ϯϱͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ĚŵŽŶĚ DĂLJŶŽƌ͕ ǁĂƐ arrested by police when they arrived and later charged with robbery and ĨĞůŽŶLJ ĂƐƐĂƵůƚ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ Ă /Ŷ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϭϱ͕ < dh EĞǁƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ number of bystanders got involved ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶ ƵŶŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ŵĂŶ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďĚƵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽďďĞƌ͕ ƵŶŵĂƐŬŝŶŐ ŬŝĚŶĂƉ Ă ƚŽĚĚůĞƌ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Śŝŵ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŐƵŶ ĨƌŽŵ Śŝŵ͕ ƚŽĚĚůĞƌƐ LJŽƵŶŐ ƐŝďůŝŶŐƐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ͘ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ ƌĂŶ Žī ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚ͕ Ă LJŽƵŶŐ tŚŝůĞ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ girl is seen in a surveillance video far (obviously someone could have ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ͘ ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞĞŶ ŬŝůůĞĚͿ͕ ŝƚ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ͕ ƚǁŽ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞƌƐ͕ ŶĚƌĞǁ ƌĂŶĞ people get involved, it has a deterrent

ĞīĞĐƚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůLJ ŶĞĂƌůLJ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ďLJ ƉŚŽƚŽũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƚ ƌŝĐ ůĞdžĂŶĚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ </ZK ϳ ŶĞǁƐ͘ Witnessed explained that there was ŐƵŶĮƌĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ ǁĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƐĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƌŽďďŝŶŐ Ă ũĞǁĞůƌLJ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘

The Bystander Effect

ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƉĞƚƌĂƚŽƌ ůĞŌ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ϭϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ƚŚĞ ũŽď͘ dŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ ǁĂƐ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ϯϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŽŶĞ person came to her aid and the police ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ͘ <ŝƩLJ ĚŝĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů͘ Ŷ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ƉĂƉĞƌƐ describing the incident prompted Darley and Latane to develop their ƚŚĞŽƌLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďLJƐƚĂŶĚĞƌ ĞīĞĐƚ͘

^ŽĐŝĂů ƉƐLJĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐ :ŽŚŶ ĂƌůĞLJ and Bibb Latane developed the ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďLJƐƚĂŶĚĞƌ ĞīĞĐƚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϲϬƐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ǁŚLJ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϰ <ŝƩLJ Genovese was stabbed to death ŝŶ <Ğǁ 'ĂƌĚĞŶƐ͕ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ͕ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ earshot of witnesses, but no one came to her aid despite the fact that ŚĞƌ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐůĞĂƌůLJ ŚĞĂƌĚ͘ ƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ϭϮ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŚĞĂƌĚ ƉĂƌƚ Žƌ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ďƵƚ

KŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞď ƐŝƚĞ WƐLJĐŚŽůŽŐLJƚŽĚĂLJ͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĚĞĮŶĞ ƚŚĞ ďLJƐƚĂŶĚĞƌ ĞīĞĐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂLJ͕ ͞dŚĞ ďLJƐƚĂŶĚĞƌ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽĐĐƵƌƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘͟ dŚĞ ƚŚĞŽƌLJ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ because it helps us to understand why ŽŶůŽŽŬĞƌƐ ŵĂLJ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶĞ or call police when a person is in an ĞŵĞƌŐĞŶĐLJ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞLJ ƵƐĞĚ ƚǁŽ ďĂƐŝĐ ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ďLJƐƚĂŶĚĞƌ ĂƉĂƚŚLJ͖

ŝīƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ZĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ^ŽĐŝĂů /ŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ͘ /Ŷ ĚŝīƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ each bystander is assuming that ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ responsibility and do something, ǁŚŝĐŚ ůĞƐƐĞŶƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂĐƚ͘ hŶĚĞƌ ĚŝīƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŚĞ more witnesses that are present, the ůŽŶŐĞƌ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƚŽ ĂĐƚ͘ /Ŷ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐ is observing every other witness to ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ĂĐƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŵĂLJ ďĞ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ place, or other concerns such as ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂLJ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ /Ŷ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ĚĞůĂLJĞĚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƐ ƚŽ crime or other emergencies should ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŶŽƌŵĂƟǀĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϵ͕ E ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ĂŶ ĞdžƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ŽĨ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ŝƚLJ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ƐƚĂŐĞĚ ĂŶ ĂďĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă

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It would be better if everyone would respond to such events as quickly as two men did. Even a verbal response or a threat to call police would have been better than doing nothing. LJŽƵŶŐ Őŝƌů ϳ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚ͘ dŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŵĂůĞ ĂĚƵůƚ ĂďĚƵĐƚŽƌ͕ played by Bill Stanton a security specialist, grabbed the girls Ăƌŵ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚůLJ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĐŝďůLJ ƉƵůůĞĚ ŚĞƌ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ͘ dŚĞ Őŝƌů ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽ ƐĐƌĞĂŵĞĚ͕ ͞LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŵLJ ĚĂĚ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ŚĞůƉ ŵĞ͟ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌ͘ DŽƐƚ ďLJƐƚĂŶĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞƐ ůŽŽŬĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ďLJ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂĐƚ͕ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞŶ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ E ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƵŶƟů ĮŶĂůůLJ ƚǁŽ ŵĂůĞ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞƐ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ real concern, one dropped his bag as they ran toward the ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂďĚƵĐƚŽƌ͘ >ĂƚĞƌ ŽŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ǁŝƚŚ E one of the witnesses who intervened said that he heard her ƐĐƌĞĂŵ ͞ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ŵLJ ĚĂĚ͟ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ͙͘͞ƐŽ / ƐĂŝĚ ůŝŬĞ ǁĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƵLJ͘͟ /Ĩ ƚŚŝƐ ĂďĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƉĞƚƌĂƚŽƌ ŚĂĚ been successful, technology may have solved the crime ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ Őŝƌů ŵĂLJ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĂůŝǀĞ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƵŶůŝŬĞůLJ͘ /ƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝĨ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ĂƐ ƚǁŽ ŵĞŶ ĂďŽǀĞ ĚŝĚ͘ Even a verbal response or a threat to call police would have ďĞĞŶ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ and technological surveillance, we as a society should consider how these new form to tech will change our lives ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ǁĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ ƌĞ ǁĞ ƐĂĨĞƌ ŝĨ ǁĞ ůŽŽŬ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ Žƌ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ƐĂĨĞƌ ŝĨ ͞ďŝŐ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ͟ ŝƐ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌŚĞĂĚ͍ zĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚƌĂĚĞ ŽīƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ͕ ďŽƚŚ ůĞŐĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂůůLJ͘ Ƶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ŝĨ ǁĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ǁĞ ƌŝƐŬ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů contracts that have been the underpinnings of our free ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘

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Why HDL KƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ tĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŽƵƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƐŽůĞůLJ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͘ ĂĐŚ ĚĂLJ ǁĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ DĂĐLJƐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ƚĞĂŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ LJĞƐƚĞƌĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ƌŽƵƚĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ƌĞĂůͲƟŵĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ĞŶĂďůĞĚ ƵƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJ ůĞĂĚ DĂĐLJƐ͛ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƌƐ ŝŶ ͞KƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͟ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ͘ tĞ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚĂƌLJ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ƐƵƌǀĞLJ͕ ŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ>ŝŶŬΠ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ĐůŝĞŶƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘

/ŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ dĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ tĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂůůLJ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ǁĂLJƐ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞ ĐƵƫŶŐ ĞĚŐĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĞĸĐŝĞŶĐLJ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ KƵƌ ƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚĂƌLJ ŝůůŝŶŐ>ŝŶŬΠ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͛ ĞŶƚĞƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ƚŽ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƚĞĚ ďŝůůŝŶŐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ŽƵƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͕͛ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ DĂĐLJ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŵŝŶŐĚĂůĞƐ͕ ǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƵŶŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͘ ĂƚĂ>ŝŶŬΠ͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŵĂũŽƌ /d ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽŽů͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƌŽďƵƐƚ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞͲ ĚƌŝǀĞŶ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƉĂƐƚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶͲďĂƐĞĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚLJ ŶĞĞĚƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƉĂƐƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƚƌĞŶĚƐ͘

&ůĞdžŝďůĞ ŶƚĞƌƉƌŝƐĞ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ͻ ŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌŝĂů͗ , > ŝƐ Ă ůĞĂŶ͕ ŇĞdžŝďůĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌĞĚ ůŽĐĂů ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ŽĸĐĞ͘ ͻ ƵƐƚŽŵŝnjĞĚ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͗ , > ƚĂŝůŽƌƐ ŽƵƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͛ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ͛ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ ͻ ĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ dĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͗ , > ƵƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ ƚŽ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͕ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ĐŽƐƚ͘ ͻ YƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽŶƚƌŽů ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ͗ , > ƵƐĞƐ ŽƵƌ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ͛ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ƐƵƌǀĞLJƐͬŵĞƚƌŝĐƐ͕ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚĂƌLJ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ>ŝŶŬΠ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ

ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŵĞƚƌŝĐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ͕ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ Žƌ ĞdžĐĞĞĚ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ͘ ͻ WƌŽĚƵĐƟǀŝƚLJ͗ , > ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ͞ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞ ƐƚŽƉƐ͟ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĨĂƌ ĞdžĐĞĞĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ LJŽƵ ƉĂLJ͘

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