The 2016 Penn State Poll - a twice-annual survey of adult Pennsylvanians conducted by the Penn State Harrisburg Center for Survey Research - indicated that 88% of Pennsylvanians reported feeling safer if police wearing body cameras, with 90% of African-American and Black respondents "strongly agreeing" with that statement. In the wake of high profile police shootings, the public is calling for greater police accountability through body cameras, which often are quite expensive and come with a heavy cost. Penn State Harrisburg hosted a symposium on police body is worn cameras in April 2017, which can be viewed here: The New York Times interactive module on body worn cameras that were referenced in Dr. Gibbs' talk can be accessed here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/01/us/police-bodycam-video.html?_r=0

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