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Activists give Boston’s body camera pilot program a mixed review
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, lauded Boston police for prohibiting use of facial recognition technology that would let officers take an image and use…
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Memphis Police Department’s body camera policy receives low scores from national group
"“No department received a green light on this criteria,” said Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, who worked on the score card with the Leadership Conferenc…
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Police body cam policies in San Jose and Oakland are flawed, report says
""Body-worn cameras carry this promise of police accountability," said Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, a technology consulting company, and one…
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Arizona police agencies get low marks for body camera policies
"“They got six red and two yellows and no greens, so I think hopefully this scorecard helps community advocates in Phoenix identify areas where the departm…
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Chicago Police body camera policies score high
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, said the discussion of when an officer should turn on a body camera is extremely important after O’Neal’s death. “Looki…
It’s important for SF to get body-camera rules for police right
After months of consideration, the San Francisco Police Commission approved rules Wednesday for use of the latest innovation sweeping law enforcement nationwide…
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Editorial: Body camera policies must benefit both police and the policed
""By allowing pre-report viewing, statements from officers will always appear more accurate and more credible than other witnesses statements, which w…
Show Us the Videotape
As Americans learn more about instances of police abuses, police cameras are having an increasingly profound influence on how the public views encounters betwee…
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Report: Atlanta Police Body Camera Policy Needs Revising
"Harlan Yu, who worked on the civil rights report, said the report is meant to help communities. “You know what we've been hearing from departments ac…
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Police endanger civil rights with body camera policies, report says
"The only cities to earn uniformly negative results were Atlanta and Ferguson, a city the group chose to examine in the wake of the controversy following t…
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If We Want to Throw Body Cameras on Every Police Officer, We're Going to Need Better Laws
""Every department has room to improve, even the best in the nation," Harlan Yu, principal at civil rights consulting firm Upturn, told Mic. &quo…
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Civil Rights Scorecard Analyzes Police Body Cameras, Governance
"Harlan Yu, principle with communications consultant Upturn, said that pre-report viewing -- viewing footage prior to the filing of an officer’s incident r…