Research summaryThe concern of crime in New York City public housing complexes motivated heightened police patrol of buildings and the enforcement of trespass laws. The 2013 federal court settlement of Davis et al. v. City of New York et al. mandated that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) implement a series of reforms, including the deployment of body‐worn cameras (BWCs) on officers, to address unconstitutional use of criminal trespass enforcement and stop and frisk practices in public housing developments. This study employed a stepped wedge quasi‐experimental design that involved the sequential crossover of public housing service area clusters from control to BWC implementation until all NYPD housing bureau officers were equipped with BWCs. Panel regression models at the individual officer and service area levels were used to estimate BWC program impacts on outcomes between 2015 and 2019. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the impact of the BWCs on the lawfulness of officer stop reports that were randomly selected for audit between 2017 and 2019. Results show that BWC deployment in public housing reduced excessive enforcement, citizen complaints, and use of force by NYPD housing officers. Findings further suggest that BWCs can help reduce constitutionally problematic stops and frisks of citizens.Policy implicationsProblematic police activities in public housing contexts can be reformed using BWCs. When coupled with routine supervisory review of video footage, the deployment of BWCs on public housing officers can improve compliance with department directives to reduce enforcement actions and increase documentation of citizen stops.

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公共住房环境中的警察改革：纽约市住房管理局开发中的随身摄像头、监控和减少伤害


研究摘要 对纽约市公共住宅区犯罪问题的关注促使警察加强了对建筑物的巡逻并加强了非法侵入法的执行。 Davis 等人的 2013 年联邦法院和解协议。诉纽约市等人。要求纽约市警察局 (NYPD) 实施一系列改革，包括在警员身上部署随身摄像头 (BWC)，以解决公共住房开发中违宪使用刑事侵入执法和拦截搜身做法的问题。本研究采用阶梯式楔形准实验设计，涉及公共住房服务区集群从控制到 BWC 实施的顺序交叉，直到所有纽约警察局住房局官员都配备了 BWC。使用个别警官和服务区层面的面板回归模型来估计 BWC 计划对 2015 年至 2019 年结果的影响。使用 Logistic 回归模型来估计 BWC 对随机选择进行审计的警官截停报告合法性的影响2017 年至 2019 年间。结果显示，在公共住房中部署 BWC 减少了纽约警察局住房官员的过度执法、公民投诉和使用武力。研究结果进一步表明，《生物武器公约》可以帮助减少存在宪法问题的拦截和对公民的搜查。政策影响 公共住房环境中存在问题的警察活动可以通过《生物武器公约》进行改革。结合对录像片段的例行监督审查，在公共住房官员身上部署 BWC 可以提高对部门指令的遵守程度，从而减少执法行动并增加公民拦截的记录。