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and support of the program. They found <br />that knowledge of the department's body <br />camera program significantly increased <br />views that officers were procedurally just <br />and the department was legitimate. But <br />when examining what predicts a community <br />member's support for Milwaukee's body <br />camera program, simply knowing about the <br />program had no impact but feelings that <br />the department was procedurally just and <br />cameras conducted fewer subject stops <br />and were less likely to receive a complaint <br />than officers that did not receive cameras. <br />In Anaheim, the Urban Institute took an in- <br />depth lookintothe recollection ofbodyca meras, <br />victim satisfaction, outcome, legitimacy, <br />and other procedural justice features. Like <br />the Milwaukee project, the Urban Institute <br />found that departments cannot assume that <br />members know <br />about or notice <br />BWCs. Further, <br />They found that knowledge the survey data <br />of the de artment"s bodyd e t e r m i n e d <br />p that 71% of <br />camera program significantly c o m m u n i t y <br />members could <br />increased views that officers not remember <br />or incorrectly <br />were procedurally just and the remembered if <br />the officer was <br />department was legitimate, wearing a BWC. <br />Regarding the <br />interactions <br />legitimate significantly predicted support <br />for the program. The Urban Institute <br />concluded that cameras can increase views <br />of how officers behave, but the cameras— <br />in of and themselves —do not increase <br />support for their use. Instead, community <br />members' support for the cameras increase <br />when officers behave respectfully and <br />legitimately. The Urban Institute also found <br />that in Milwaukee, wearing cameras had no <br />effect on arrests, use of force, or proactive <br />activities. However, those who wore <br />themselves, groups with BWCs had more <br />favorable opinions than groups without <br />BWCs on victim satisfaction and case <br />outcomes. However, groups without the <br />camera and the groups with a camera and <br />script had similar views on departmental <br />legitimacy. This finding is consistent with the <br />procedural justice measures: non -camera <br />groups and camera groups had similar <br />ratings of perceived empathy, quality of <br />decision making, quality of treatment, <br />and officer helpfulness. In both Urban <br />Institute studies, the conclusions suggest <br />0 Police Body Cameras; What Have We Learned Over Ten Years of Deployment? 1 8 <br />