On Thursday, June 6th the BWCTTA team hosted a “Drivers of BWC Policy Change” webinar. This webinar focused on the policy changes among BWCPIP grantees over time and the reasons for those policy changes. Dr. Michael White, BWCTTA co-director, facilitated the discussion with representatives from two municipality police departments (Seattle, WA; Dallas, TX) and the Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections on how they have navigated policy changes, drivers and frequency. 

This webinar focused on academic studies examining how agencies are using BWC metadata. Speakers described their own experiences with how they connect and use that metadata generated from BWCs. Dr. Mike White of Arizona State University (and BWC TTA co-director) facilitated a discussion among a panel of speakers that included Dr. Kayla Freemon (DePaul University), Dr. John McCluskey (Rochester Institute of Technology), Adrian Martin (Rochester, NY PD), Cpt. Brendan Hooke (Fairfax County, VA PD), and Lt.

In this webinar, Dr. Bryce Peterson and Dr. Brittany Cunningham presented results from a randomized control study on the implementation of BWCs in Loudoun County Adult Detention Center, VA, focused on the impact of BWCs on response to resistance and injuries as well as the comparisons of the use and benefits of BWCs versus stationary cameras.

Administrative policy is the foundation of a successful BWC program, but policy needs to be dynamic. As new issues emerge and technology evolves, law enforcement agencies need to consistently re-evaluate their policy. In this webinar, BWC TTA co-director Dr. Mike White investigates policy change across more than two dozen issues among 160 law enforcement agencies.

This webinar is part 2 in a series that explores in greater depth the results discussed in a 2021 BWC Research Convening. That meeting brought together a dozen researchers to discuss the latest in topics, findings, and challenges in BWC research. These webinars center on a more intensive public presentation and discussion of the themes that emerged from that Research Convening. This webinar features Dr. Jessica Huff from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, Dr. Eric Piza of John Jay College, and Dr. Vaughn Crichlow from Florida Atlantic University.