Police release bodycam video in connection with arrest at Walden Galleria

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Police release bodycam video in connection with arrest at Walden Galleria

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) - WIVB News 4 is getting a first look at bodycam footage from Cheektowaga police -- showing an arrest of a Buffalo man at the Walden Galleria last week. The video, which you will see Only on 4, became the subject of a use of force review by the department after a woman was forcibly shoved by an officer during the arrest of her boyfriend. A struggle broke out between police and the suspect and multiple officers were neede…

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RCMP body cameras aim to build trust, but expert says can be “problematic”

Police promote body-worn cameras as a way to gather evidence and improve public trust and transparency; however, a police studies expert believes that their use could be “problematic.” “Subsequent studies have shown that despite body-worn cameras in the U.S., it hasn’t significantly reduced the misbehaviour on the part of the police,” said Dr. Amin Asfari, Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair in Police Studies in the Justice Studies Department a…

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The purpose of cameras for individual use is to safeguard possible abuses during police operations and at the same time protect the officers themselves from possible false accusations of mistreatment.