I work in an industry that supports public safety.<p>Yes, being a police officer is dangerous, but their safety is not &#x2F;constantly&#x2F; on the line - yeah, maybe once a day, maybe a couple times a day, an officer is going to have to make a choice that could endanger them - its not every second of every day.<p>The cameras in the end are supposed to protect the officer as much as the citizens, it makes the officers accountable, as well as provides backup for their version of events. Now I get the desire to not be recorded all the time, no one wants a surveillance state - but when the methods of redress for a corrupt officer are so few, body cameras are a reasonable precaution in the eyes of the public.<p>HN is generally anti-authority, and right now, I can of very little visible authority wise than the police, so right now the police are there as a focus point.