It's the Brian Laird Show on WNC and

It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist

Newsroom filling in for Brian Laird today.

Now, a conversation about police body cameras

and the hope for increased transparency and

accountability. Footage from those cameras was in theory supposed to help departments

crack down on problem officers and improved training.

It was going to make the job of oversight a lot easier.

The reality has been much more complicated.

ProPublica and the New York Times magazine spent six months

diving into the failed promise of police-worn body

cameras.

Despite the millions of tax dollars invested in body-worn cameras, policy makers across

the country allowed police departments to decide for themselves

what and when they recorded with those cameras and crucially, who gets to see that footage.

And this includes the police department here in New York City.

We'll dive into it all with Eric Humansky, ProPublica Editor at Large.

Hey Eric, welcome to WNYC.

Thanks for having me. And listeners we can take your calls. You can help

Eric Humansky ProPublica editor-at-large report this story about police-worn

body cameras. Do you have a story about, do you have a story about, do you have a story about body-worn cameras?

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