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Survey: Should law enforcement officers wear body cameras?

FILE: Bluffton police officer Doug Armstead shows off his body camera in the center of his chest below his radio microphone.
FILE: Bluffton police officer Doug Armstead shows off his body camera in the center of his chest below his radio microphone. Staff photo

Allegations of unwarranted police action that led to deaths of suspects have prompted a lot of discussion on the value of body cameras, which when worn by on-duty law enforcement officers would provide a video record of their activity and presumably promote greater professionalism.

The idea is not universally accepted, however. So we want to know what our readers think:

This story was originally published December 4, 2014 at 5:37 PM with the headline "Survey: Should law enforcement officers wear body cameras?."

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