Note
Research outline presented at the Summit on the Economics of Policing and Community Safety held in Ottawa, 2-4 March, 2015.
Issued also in French under the title: La ligne bleue sur un terrain glissant : le recours à la force par les policiers dans l'ère des phototéléphones et de You Tube.
Author(s) affiliated with: Carleton University and Ottawa Police Service.
Summary
"This study inquired into how (and to what extent) today’s highly-visible front-line officers are impacted by the capabilities of the public to document police conduct and to directly disseminate video-recorded accounts through instantaneous and potentially unedited social communications to online audiences. The project investigated the influence of these contemporary techno-social realities on officer’s perceptions, decision-making processes, and use of force actions in the field."