Independent monitor finds “severe flaws” in MPD’s body-cam pilot study

Do body-worn cameras actually change police officers’ behavior on the job?

That question was at the center of a small pilot conducted in summer of 2024, which outfitted officers on Madison’s north side with body cameras to gauge whether they’re worth the expense.

Nearly a year after the Madison Police Department released their study on the pilot, the city’s Office of the Independent Monitor (or OIM) is weighing in with a report of their own…

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