Police Officer's Inspection

While conducting a vehicle or pedestrian stop, an officer must asset a suspect’s state of mind, previous known criminal history, and the individual’s reactions to verbal commands. Various factors impacts officers’ decision to use force when encountering a suspect, which cannot be seen in a body camera recording. Allowing police officer to review their body camera footage before making a statement can potentially unconstitutional and controversial. According to Graham V. Connor (1989), an officer’s actions should be judged by 20/20 hindsight. This means that those assessing the officer’s use of force in a certain case should view the officer’s actions from his or hers perspective and take into consideration the actions of the suspect. Officers