![A 2017 study in Washington, D.C., that examined more than 2,000 officers also found body cameras had a negligible effect on officer behavior. โThese results suggest that we should recalibrate our expectations of [body camerasโ] ability to induce large-scale behavioral changes in policing,โ the paper stated. A 2018 study of 504 officers in the Milwaukee Police Department, conducted by Lawrence and other Urban Institute researchers, found that body cameras had no effect on the likelihood officers would use force in the course of their duties. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/body-cameras-are-seen-as-key-to-police-reform-but-do-they-increase-accountability](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fm8xEIiXEAsyL1I.jpg?name=small&format=webp)
ALT A 2017 study in Washington, D.C., that examined more than 2,000 officers also found body cameras had a negligible effect on officer behavior. โThese results suggest that we should recalibrate our expectations of [body camerasโ] ability to induce large-scale behavioral changes in policing,โ the paper stated. A 2018 study of 504 officers in the Milwaukee Police Department, conducted by Lawrence and other Urban Institute researchers, found that body cameras had no effect on the likelihood officers would use force in the course of their duties. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/body-cameras-are-seen-as-key-to-police-reform-but-do-they-increase-accountability

ALT Much more often, body camera footage is used in the prosecution of civilians. One 2016 study found that 92.6 percent of prosecutorsโ offices nationally in jurisdictions where police wear body cameras have used that footage as evidence in cases against private citizens, while just 8.3 percent have used it to prosecute police officers. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/body-cameras-are-seen-as-key-to-police-reform-but-do-they-increase-accountability

ALT Pictures of Cellar Door staff, Linda, our Drag Queens, our dog Nya surrounding our official statement about Cellar Door Booksโ future. The statement is as follows: Oh my lovely, amazing, beautiful Cellar Door Bookstore community! We so love you and all that we created TOGETHER here at Cellar Door over the past ten years. Tuesday evening, I was informed by email that Canyon Crest Town Management is terminating our lease and we are to be out by Feb. 28โ41 days to find a new place, move, all that that entailsโimpossible. They are within their legal rights but their common decency and respect for people who think differently than they do is just a bit lacking, but weโve seen this throughout our country. I asked for an explanation and received none. โฆ























