Join the "CopWatch"
Movement!
We Bring “Legal Observers” to Your Traffic Stop!
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What Does Legal Observation Look Like?
How Does CopWatching Help Create a Safer Society?
Improves Citizen Compliance
Citizens can feel safer knowing that their traffic stop or arrest are recorded by the general public. Families may find peace and and pursue appropriate justice.
Encourages Cop
De-Escalation
The threshold for brandishing (showing) and shooting to kill someone is significantly increased when "video witnesses" are present. If 'imminent threat' is required for citizens, it should be required for cops.
Because Body "Cams" Don't Work
Bad Cops Simply Look Away or Choose Not To Wear Them, #RIP, Dion Johnson of AZ.
Moreover, if Cams break during the traffic stop, we keep video evidence.
Builds Trust in 'Good' Police and the Criminal Justice System
When Bad Cops go free or operate without regard for law, citizens may lose faith in those hired to protect and serve them. With FFA, "good police" can maintain their respect and power.
Cops Are Less Trigger-Happy
When the World is Watching
When citizens are present at a safe distance (100 feet) away, even bad cops opt to arrest "by the book" vs. aggressively "by the billy club."
Legal Observers Act as Bad Cop, Quality Control
Film From Afar aims to standardize humane enforcement measures that don't include shooting and killed unarmed citizens at all, or, at higher rates than others. Video witnesses help document whether "good cop" training methods truly work.
The Stories That Inspired FilmFromAfar.com to
Prevent & Document Police Misconduct...
Organizations We Support...
