Description
This is a quick and simple assignment to illustrate the benefits of recording events. You will record a personal video, then, without watching the video, recall all the events of the video and document them in a Word file. Then you will compare the video evidence to your written description of the event, and evaluate the effectiveness of body-worn cameras in investigative law enforcement.
Submit the assignment as a single Word file through the plagiarism detection software Turnitin, in Canvas.
Do something relatively new, not something you do every day or have a lot of experience doing. Nothing terribly complicated. Using your personal video recording device, video and audio record yourself doing it. Ideally from your point of view, so your camera work might be creative. Something that might take around a minute to five minutes. It can be preparing a dish or a drink, fixing something, trying a new sport, putting together a piece of furniture or a toy, or whatever you can come up with.
Do not watch the video.
Take a break. Enjoy the beautiful weather, do a bit of homework. For at least 15 minutes.
Write down everything that you did for your activity (in a Word document). Describe the physical layout of the environment, your actions, the results of your actions, everything you can think of.
Now watch the video.
Write down anything that you missed in your first written description. This should be in a second section after your first description.
Did you miss anything, or was your memory perfect? Do you think it would be improved by stress, by waiting longer to write your report, or by general chaos?
Should police officers be allowed to review their recordings (and those of other officers) before they submit their written reports? Will having officers wear cameras improve their accuracy in their report writing? Is the goal of their report’s accuracy? If you are dealing with the police, do you want their reports for be accurate?
Submit the assignment as a single Word file through the plagiarism detection software Turnitin, in Canvas.
Feedback may be provided at the discretion of the Instructor via the Comments feature in Canvas.
