"What really happened? More than any time in human history, we have the power to replay events captured on camera rather than just rely on someone’s word and memory. The ubiquity of recording police encounters — by cell phones, security cameras, dash cameras, and, increasingly, police-worn body cameras — is transforming our demands for proof, the power balance in credibility contests, and our ability to solve mysteries. This talk is based on my book about these revolutions spurred by widespread recording of the police and what it means for the future of proof, violence prevention, civil rights, and civil liberties.
Camera Power is the first book to tackle the policy questions raised by two ongoing revolutions in recording the police: copwatching and police-worn body cameras. Drawing on original research from over 200 jurisdictions and more than 100 interviews - with police leaders and officers, copwatchers, community members, civil rights and civil liberties experts, industry leaders, and technologists the book offers a vision of the great potential and perils of the growing deluge of audiovisual big data. In contrast to the customary portrayal of big data mining as a threat to civil liberties, Camera Power describes how audiovisual big data analytics can better protect civil rights and liberties and prevent violence in police encounters. With compelling stories and coverage of the most important debates over privacy, public disclosure, proof, and police regulation, this book should be read by anyone interested in how technology is reshaping the relationship with our police."
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Professor Mary D. Fan is Jack R. MacDonald Endowed Chair in the School of Law at the University of Washington. Her expertise includes criminal law and procedure, evidence, information privacy, and crimmigration. She is the author of numerous articles in leading law reviews and a recent book Camera Power: Proof, Policing, Privacy, and Audiovisual Big Data, published by Cambridge University Press. Her research and teaching are informed by her experiences as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of California and as an associate legal officer at a United Nations criminal tribunal. Her scholarship has been cited by judges, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and in major media venues.
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Dr. Christan Grant is the Arnold and Lisa Goldberg Rising Star Associate Professor at the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. Dr. Grant leads the UF Data Studio. In this role, he conducts research on various aspects of the data pipeline, including data acquisition, labeling, interactive machine learning, and visualization. Prior to his current position, Dr. Grant was an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma. His work has received funding from NSF, FAA, USDA, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation among others. Dr. Grant received his doctorate from the University of Florida database research lab where he was an NSF GRFP and NSF LSAMP bridge to doctorate fellow.
