BIO

I am a junior studying Real Estate with specific interests within the field of investment, and marketing. I am from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and I came to FSU in the fall of 2020 as a Freshman. I am looking forward to also receiving my Masters in Business Administration from Florida State University as well, and I aspire to be within the field of investment someday, hopefully working as a Financial Advisor. I enjoy sleeping, eating, and hanging out with my friends. I am also the Press Secretary for the FSU Student Senate and am involved in several RSO's on campus.

Body Worn Cameras and How They Create a Biased Perspective For Onlookers

Abstract

Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have grown in popularity within the last few decades. BWCs are used to record police interactions with citizens in order to protect both parties. These videos are often used as evidence in the court system. Research has proven that these body-worn cameras that the criminal justice system has been heavily relying on actually create a biased perspective. Currently, experiments are being done to find a solution to diminishing this biased effect. To evaluate how BWC perspectives might create an elicit bias, the BWC study was performed. Potential participants took part in a consent-interview that allowed for consent, and a space for explanation of what the study entails. Once the participant completed the BWC study, their reflections were studied and coded into a codebook named the BWC codebook. Their results were coded in eleven different ways all based on their bias of the study. Normative Officer, Normative Citizen, Normative Undetermined/Unspecified, Evaluation of the Officer, Evaluation of the Citizen, Evaluation Undetermined, Emotional Statement, Systematic Issue Raised, Information Needed/Seeking, Just Recap and No Code. The results of this data are still in the process of being gathered and evaluated. Further research will aim to create policies
that eliminate bias based on this evidence.

Keywords: Police, Body Worn-Cameras, Police Brutality