This week, police body camera footage led to the murder indictment of a former University of Cincinnati officers.
One day later, the New York Police Department's Office of the Inspector General released a report detailing why body cameras are important, and why the NYPD needs to do them right.
The NYPD started a body camera pilot program in December with 54 devices but may expand to thousands in coming years.
You can read the full report at the bottom of this article. Here are five of the most notable recommendations.
Officers shouldn't be allowed to view video, if under investigation
Body camera footage has proved that police reports sometimes contradict actual events, and that knowledge has transformed the discussion around police brutality in America.
The report says officers--if they're under investigation for an incident--shouldn't be allowed to watch their own body camera footage before they file a report on that incident.
Not using body cameras should be punishable
Though the report doesn't mention specific punishments for officers who don't turn on their body cameras when required, it does say that it should be a "violation of department policy to willfully or negligently fail to record any portion of an incident absent an authorized exception."
Officers record too few of their daily interactions
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The report found that officers in the body camera pilot program recorded too few interactions.
Current NYPD guidelines mandate that officers only have to record street stops in which they have "reasonable suspicion" to stop a person. That standard is vague, and the report says officers are unlikely to turn on their camera if an incident escalates.
"Critical events often transpire before an encounter rises to the level of reasonable suspicion," the report says.
The NYPD should hold body camera footage for at least 18 months
The report recommends keeping officer body camera footage for at least 18 months, six months longer than the current 12-month standard.
Officials can file administrative charges against NYPD officers up to 18 months after an incident, and body camera footage could provide evidence to support or debunk those charges.
The NYPD needs a process for providing body camera video to the public
Body camera video should be accessible to the public, and the NYPD needs to figure out how to make that happen, according to the report.
Those videos are public records, according to the New York Freedom of Information Law.