tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057096437031904398.post199183279975596338..comments2016-12-02T02:00:29.875-08:00Comments on Association for Advancement of Actual Democracy: Cameras on Policemen are not an answerassociation for actual democracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366620090967542652noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057096437031904398.post-79562680796552051022014-12-21T10:37:42.502-08:002014-12-21T10:37:42.502-08:00When a video (which I avoided watching) shows Eric...When a video (which I avoided watching) shows Eric Garner pleading: "I can't breathe", while NYPD cops use banned choke holds to restrain him, and restrict his chest movement, yet a Grand Jury that reviewed the Medical Examiner's report (manner of death: homicide), brought no indictment against the officers; how indeed would body cameras help? The answer is partly to be seen in the difference between police officers in the United States and Canada, and the difference in use of force complaints and deaths due to use of force, which are vanishingly rare in Canada, even considering our smaller population, and relative rarity of guns in the cities. Our police, like teachers, are much better paid and educated than in the US, and the RCMP contracts out municipal policing services to most of Canada's small towns, and lots of smaller cities, so consistent training of most police happens. In our province of BC, there is one academy where police, and other emergency services personnel are educated, so if a city has their own department, they don't have to keep up with training and continuing education themselves. Arachne646https://www.blogger.com/profile/14855631604555443584noreply@blogger.com