Should cops wear camera's at all times while on duty?

Nope.


Hell no.



frick no.


I'd get shot.

The up front cost would be a pretty penny but they would save in the long run because of a decrease in law suits. Good cops should push for it as it would push the bad cops out and prove that their actions in a situation were lawful. I can see an issue with always being filmed as they go about the day so some guidelines would have to be put into place like tape is only reviewed if an incident occurs and only the incident and any time leading up to it is reviewed. I don't think it would be a good idea to let cops turn the camera on and off because an honest cop could easily forget to turn it on during the heat of a moment and a bad cop would just constantly keep it off.

We use safe crisis management in the school I work in and most everything is on camera. Quite frankly, more than once it has covered our asses when a parent has tried to drop the "But my baby wasn't doin nothin to have them put their hands on him!1!1". Given the times, if I was a cop I'd probably welcome it.

What if you live in a mildly affluent city where everyone knows your name

You don't want to be reprimanded by grandma and Pastor Smitty

But seriously, most departments would love to have the video cameras, if not to just cut down on UOF incidents. The problem is the 1) upfront cost of outfitting everyone with a camera, and 2) cost of backend systems to make it all sync up and actually work.