Nichols’s killing has offered a stark reality check of how ineffective the cameras can be in the face of real-world violence.
in 2007. In Chicago, more than 30,000 cameras are viewable by police; in parts of New York City, the cameras watch every block.Yet researchers have found no substantive evidence that the cameras actually reduce crime. And their use as a tool for police accountability is limited by the fact that the footage is viewed almost exclusively by the police themselves, raising questions over what other altercations might go unseen or ignored.
“Little did we know we would be combating this type of criminal behavior, as well,” Turner said. “We put SkyCop cameras up to assist the police in fighting crime in our community. And yet they come and commit the very same crimes we are trying to fight against. But glory be to God that a SkyCop camera was there to catch what happened.”Some question whether the cameras have been worth the cost, though.
The SkyCop cameras, including the one that witnessed Nichols’s beating, can be moved and zoomed at will by officers watching from the crime center. In a 31-minute video shared from that night by Memphis police, the SkyCop camera can be seen panning from one side of the street to the other to focus on the officers as
Memphis’s first SkyCop cameras were bought by businesses and neighborhood groups and donated to the police, which became responsible for the cameras’ long-term maintenance and use.
Christopher Holland, a Memphis resident who lives downtown, was on the board of a homeowners association that installed eight cameras near the beginning of 2020 after a recurring problem with car break-ins. The burglaries stopped for almost a year before resuming, even as the cameras recorded around-the-clock.
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