Program Profile: Police Body-Worn Cameras (Rialto, Calif.)

This program equips individual police officers in Rialto, Calif., with body-worn cameras to record police encounters during shifts.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

Date:

This program equips individual police officers in Rialto, Calif., with body-worn cameras to record police encounters during shifts. The program aims to reduce use-of-force incidents and citizen complaints by increasing mutual accountability. The program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant reduction in police use-of-force, but no statistically significant difference in citizens’ complaints.

A Promising rating implies that implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Geography: Suburban Urban

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Community-Oriented Policing, General deterrence, Violence Prevention

Current Program Status: Active

Program Developer:
Barak Ariel
Lecturer
Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus

Portland 91905
Israel

Phone: 44.7838.776585
Email