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Concerns That Police Body Cameras Are a ‘Distraction’

Source: Graham Slaughter, ctvnews.ca, June 10, 2020

Trudeau has said body cameras were just “one measure amongst many” that his government is considering.

TORONTO — The federal government’s push to equip some members of the RCMP with body cameras is being “overblown” as a solution to fight racism within police forces, a Canadian criminologist says, and instead he wants to see deeper reform to hold officers accountable.

“There needs to be broad consultation and review on what needs to be done. Political rhetoric and gizmos like cameras are not the answer,” Kelly Sundberg, a criminologist with Mount Royal University, told CTV News Channel on Tuesday.

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