"“Just because a police department uses body cameras doesn’t mean they’ll be accountable and transparent,” said Harlan Yu of the technology policy research…
"At the hearing, happening today at 1 p.m., Harlan Yu — principal at D.C.-based policy and technology think-tank Upturn — will take the mic to explain how…
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, pointed out that the police chief has the authority to bar an officer from viewing a recording, particularly if it inclu…
"“A lot of civil rights groups and communities have warned that body worn cameras were going to be used as a tool for police surveillance, rather than as a…
"Most large and mid-size cities with some form of a body camera program haven't been forthcoming once their programs are underway, said Harlan Yu, a pr…
More than two years after Ferguson became a hashtag, spawned a movement, and drew national attention to problems about police accountability, the most tangible…
""One of the main selling points for body-worn cameras is their promise to bring transparency and accountability to police community interactions,&quo…
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, a technology consulting firm, studies how new technologies affect civil rights. He said for a policy to be beneficial to…
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, said Ferguson’s updated policy is an improvement over the one it assessed for its study, which came from a 2014 document…
"“There’s a real fear among many civil rights advocates and communities that body-worn cameras will become just another tool for surveillance,” Mr. Yu tell…
"“What I really like about D.C.’s policy that’s relatively unique across the country is that MPD allows individuals who have been recorded by cameras to ge…
"Release of the synopsis was not enough to satisfy the Washington, D.C.-based Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Upturn, a technology cons…