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Research on Body Worn Cameras <br />Cost and Benefits Of Body-Worn Camera Deployments, Police Executive <br />Research Forum (April 2018) <br />•One-third of American law enforcement agencies have already deployed BWCs <br />to some or all of their officers, and another 50% currently have plans to do so <br />•A large majority of departments with BWCs are happy with them; more than <br />85% of them would recommend them to other police agencies <br />•Most important reason given for adopting BWCs, by over nine in 10 agencies, <br />was to promote accountability, transparency, and legitimacy <br />•Little evidence exists to definitively demonstrate that the potential benefits of <br />BWCs justify their significant costs