Public administration scholarship seeks to understand ways to increase accountability within the policing profession. We employ an online conjoint experiment to disentangle the effects of both representation and body-worn cameras (BWC) on police accountability and legitimacy. In the experiment, we ask participants to rate the likelihood that a police use of force incident prompts an investigation when there is a BWC present and racial and gender representation matches between the officer and the civilian in the use of force incident. We find that Caucasian officers who use force are more likely to be investigated. Our findings also reveal that civilians believe male officers who use force should be investigated and there is no need for further investigation when a BWC is utilized during a use of force situation. The implications of this study show that civilians view BWCs as the most important tool in providing accurate and honest assessment of police-civilian encounters.

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随身摄像机和代表性：评估警察使用武力时什么最重要？

公共管理奖学金旨在了解增强警务行业问责制的方法。我们采用在线联合实验来阐明代表性摄像头和随身摄像头 (BWC) 对警察问责制和合法性的影响。在实验中，我们要求参与者评估当存在《生物武器公约》且警察与平民在使用武力事件中的种族和性别代表性匹配时，警察使用武力事件促使调查的可能性。我们发现使用武力的白人警官更有可能受到调查。我们的调查结果还显示，平民认为使用武力的男性警官应该受到调查，并且在使用武力情况下使用《生物武器公约》时无需进一步调查。这项研究的意义表明，平民将《生物武器公约》视为对警察与平民的接触提供准确和诚实评估的最重要工具。