Month: February 2015

“You f—ing touch my car you a—hole,” the man is filmed saying.

“I have the authority and I am more than what you are to touch the car [sic]” the parking inspector replies.

“That’s my f—ing car you w—-r, I own the f—ing thing so don’t tell me you’re qualified to touch my f—ing car,” the angry car owner responded.

The confrontation then escalated with the parking inspector shoved.

A growing number of Queensland councils are turning to body cams to provide evidence in court, to protect inspectors and to defuse potentially ugly incidents.

“I think we all recognise that being a parking attendant is not an easy job,” Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio said.

“It has a forward facing screen which shows the public that they’re being filmed as they approach,” he said.

The front facing screen has been shown to often diffuse and prevent aggressive behaviour.

Already, other nations have already begun investigating their own opportunities to implement body worn video cameras, for example both Hong Kong and Singapore police (the latter whom inspired the HTP) have already partnered with Reveal with success.

Reveal works with many partners worldwide, for example in Singapore, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) Lau Peet Meng said, “The body cameras will complement existing forensic methods to allow the police to piece together what actually happened at an incident.” He also said the overall aim is to also provide a safer and more secure city to which 5,469,700 citizens call home.

Similarly, Hong Kong Police have also been moving forward with trials of Reveal’s RS3-SX camera, and it has been identified how “Police officers will also handle confrontational scenarios more efficiently since actions are documented”, a Hong Kong Police spokesperson said.

Both police forces also expected the Reveal body cameras to instil a higher degree of transparency and accountability among the police in handling confrontational scenarios. Likewise, all over the world, Reveal’s range of versatile, high design-spec, cameras have helped in reducing the number of complaints against police officers, and increase public confidence in their policing actions.

Hyderabad Traffic Police released a statement, indicating the purpose for their body camera project and the changes they wish to see.

As a part of the Smart Policing initiative, and to improve the behaviour of both Police and public during interactions, the Hyderabad Traffic Police started an innovative idea of introducing a Body Worn Video Cameras. This would facilitate socially desirable behaviour, in addition to increasing transparency of the police. Finally, use of video cameras can bring measurable benefits to relations between the police and civilians.