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rk <br />FOL <br />Dr. David Makin, Assistant Professor, <br />Washington State University <br />INTRODUCTION <br />David Makin's work has focused on the <br />nature and uses of body camera video. <br />He has explored the limitations of the <br />technology and how those limitations <br />argue against considering body camera <br />footage as an objective record of events. <br />Do people viewing the same video see <br />different things? Can different camera <br />angles produce radically divergent <br />accounts of events? <br />SUMMARY OF FINDINGS <br />Human perception is influenced by field <br />of view, rapid eye movements and focus, <br />and pre -conceived personal ideas/biases. <br />Accordingly, research has shown that <br />people view body camera recordings in <br />distinctive ways so that solely relying <br />on video recordings may not provide a <br />definitive version of events. For example, <br />video cannot show full range of eyesight, <br />context of the interaction, or the emotion/ <br />sensory experience felt by both parties in <br />the encounter. While most body camera <br />research to date has focused on outcomes <br />like use of force or citizen complaints, more <br />research is needed to understand: (1) how <br />should video be used; (2) the discrepancies <br />between the human experience and the <br />video recordings; (3) how perceptions <br />• Police Body Cameras: What Have We Learned Over Ten Years of Deployment? 1 10 <br />