ABSTRACT

Many studies of police body cameras explored the officers’ attitudes towards their use. Much of this research examined the relationship between officers’ characteristics and their attitudes toward body cameras. Missing from the scholarship are measures of general policing attitudes and their impact on body camera attitudes. This study explored the possibility that officers’ positive attitudes toward body cameras are mediated by their outlooks toward law enforcement, perceptions of citizen cooperation, or levels of distrust of the public. A convenience sample of police officers from two Northeastern police agencies completed an online survey. Structural equation modeling indicates that officers with an orientation toward aggressive law enforcement are more likely to have a positive view of BWC effects on job performance and community relations. Officers with a positive outlook on citizen cooperation are more likely to have a positive view of BWC effects on job performance and community relations. Implications of these findings are discussed.

摘要

许多对警察随身摄像机的研究探讨了警察对其使用的态度。大部分研究调查了军官的特征与他们对随身摄像机的态度之间的关系。奖学金中没有衡量一般警务态度及其对随身相机态度的影响。本研究探讨了警察对随身摄像机的积极态度是否可能受到他们对执法的看法、对公民合作的看法或对公众的不信任程度的影响。来自东北部两个警察机构的警察的便利样本完成了一项在线调查。结构方程模型表明，倾向于积极执法的官员更有可能对 BWC 对工作绩效和社区关系的影响持积极态度。对公民合作持积极态度的官员更有可能对 BWC 对工作绩效和社区关系的影响持积极态度。讨论了这些发现的含义。