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Chris Cahill: Police Association President on the Police Commissioner giving body cams the green light · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has given the green lights for
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  Speaker 1: police to use body cameras. He's asked a senior team
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  Speaker 1: member to look into options for the scheme over the
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  Speaker 1: next year. Chris Carhill, the Police Association President, with us
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Good morning, Chris, Good morning, Ryan. Now jury's
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  Speaker 1: out on evidence. Is it whether these things will make
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  Speaker 1: a massive difference or do you think they will?
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  Speaker 2: The massive difference is certainly out. It hasn't had quite
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  Speaker 2: the extent of change that you would think around the world.
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  Speaker 2: But that doesn't mean we're not positive on them. We
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  Speaker 2: still think they make it a difference. It's worth finding
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  Speaker 2: out the real benefits of by using them.
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  Speaker 1: What about the cost There was talk there were about
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  Speaker 1: one thousand bucks apart, but that's the easy part. Then
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  Speaker 1: you've got to store the data and all of that
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  Speaker 1: stuff's expensive.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's some real fish ups. Obviously there's the cost
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  Speaker 2: to actually get them, but it's the data stores that
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  Speaker 2: really causes the problem. And around the world there's been
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  Speaker 2: a number of forces who have actually started to withdraw
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  Speaker 2: them because of the extra cost that they simply don't
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  Speaker 2: have the budget for. And I think are the biggest
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  Speaker 2: us to decide New Zealand is what are we going
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  Speaker 2: to store how long are we going to store it for?
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  Speaker 2: And then who will have access to it or to
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  Speaker 2: be available to under an Official Information Act request? Could
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  Speaker 2: the media get everything they want or will it be
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  Speaker 2: restricted to court?
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  Speaker 1: Because what is the It's a huge risk to take.
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  Speaker 1: What is the problem that they are solving? Do you
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  Speaker 1: think is it a lack of trust? Do you think
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  Speaker 1: enough New Zealanders don't trust what a police officer says anymore,
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  Speaker 1: so they need a body camera?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the problem is that around the world
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  Speaker 2: are so prevalent now that you sort of start to
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  Speaker 2: become the outlier and people think that why have we
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  Speaker 2: not got them? I mean, certainly when everyone else is
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  Speaker 2: recording police on phones and then producing limited footage that
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  Speaker 2: shows things in a certain light. The advantage of having
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  Speaker 2: the full story is there for officers. It just clears
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  Speaker 2: up those disputed incidents a lot less complaints or complaints
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  Speaker 2: resolved a lot quicker, and you can get a variety
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  Speaker 2: of them, so you can get ones that only one
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  Speaker 2: within ten meters any other officer. The camera goes on
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  Speaker 2: as well, so you get different angles which can tell
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  Speaker 2: a different story. So there are several benefits there, but
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  Speaker 2: as I say that with some flesh shocks, and the
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  Speaker 2: obvious one is the cost. And when you've got pre stations,
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  Speaker 2: you know, literally closing because they're not up to standard,
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  Speaker 2: you have to then decide what's so priorty.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate your time. Chris Carhild, the Police Association President, with
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