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The Benefits of Body-Worn Cameras: New Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada, 2014-2015

Metadata Updated: November 28, 2023

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. This study reports the findings of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving more than 400 police officers and the use of body-worn cameras (BWC) in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). Officers were surveyed before and after the trial, and a random sample was interviewed to assess their level of comfort with technology, perceptions of self, civilians, other officers, and the use of BWCs. Information was gathered during ride-alongs with BWC officers and from a review of BWC videos. The collection includes 2 SPSS data files, 4 Excel data files, and 2 files containing aggregated treatment groups and rank-and-treatment groups, in Stata, Excel, and CSV format:

SPSS: officer-survey---pretest.sav (n=422; 30 variables) SPSS: officer-survey---posttest2.sav (n=95; 33 variables) Excel: officer-interviews---form-a.xlsx (n=23; 52 variables) Excel: officer-interviews---form-b.xlsx (n=27; 52 variables) Excel: ride-along-observations.xlsx (n=72; 20 variables) Excel: video-review-data.xlsx (n=53; 21 variables) Stata: hours-and-compensation-rollup-to-treatment-group.dta (n=4; 42 variables) Excel: hours-and-compensation-rollup-to-treatment-group.xls (n=4; 42 variables) CSV: hours-and-compensation-rollup-to-treatment-group.csv (n=4; 42 variables) Stata: hours-and-compensation-rollup-to-rank-and-treatment-group.dta (n=12; 43 variables) Excel: hours-and-compensation-rollup-to-rank-and-treatment-group.xls (n=12; 43 variables) CSV: hours-and-compensation-rollup-to-rank-and-treatment-group.csv (n=12; 43 variables)

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Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: us-pd

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Dates

Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
Metadata Updated Date November 28, 2023

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Harvested from DOJ JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
Metadata Updated Date November 28, 2023
Publisher National Institute of Justice
Maintainer
Identifier 2918
Data First Published 2018-10-30T11:56:15
Language eng
Data Last Modified 2018-10-30T11:59:35
Rights These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data.
Public Access Level restricted public
Bureau Code 011:21
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Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Harvest Source Id 3290e90a-116f-42fc-86ac-e65521ef3b68
Harvest Source Title DOJ JSON
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Program Code 011:060
Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > National Institute of Justice
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 3ed8873ff05b10d102bbf2369bebc753eea9b4d6fc9fc6e95ab6aae3d4fe848a
Source Schema Version 1.1

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