"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 the campus community, it needs to succeed in all criteria.
“I would look closely at the scorecard, at each of our eight criteria, and see that the campus police eventually scores a green in each of their criteria,” Yu said.
However, none of the 50 cities included on the scorecard met the criteria for all eight categories, and only 13 departments were able to fulfill more than two categories. Only the Parker, Colorado, policy was able to avoid any red X’s, which indicate that a policy either does not address an issue or runs directly against the scorecard’s principles. Yu said the current states of most policies hinder support for body cameras.
“If the policies were better, you would see more people getting behind cameras,” Yu said.
Yu said that once the college’s policy is announced, he will evaluate it using the criteria from the scorecard. The policy must be comprehensive for the cameras to have an impact, he said.
“I think there’s a popular misconception that just because a police department has body cameras they’re going to be transparent and accountable,” Yu said."