Mr. Franklin was an officer who served the Maryland and Baltimore State Police Departments for 34 years as a training commander and narcotics officer overseeing 17 drug task forces. He now works as the executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an organization whose aim is to end the war on drugs (Huff Post). In this article Mr Franklin talks about how the body camera would be useful for the police and the communities in which they work. When new police recruits are trained, they are trained to act as if their every move is being recorded because people behave better when they do that. what are recorded (Franklin). If agents act as if they are constantly on the record, they will think before they act to ensure they follow procedures. To get the full picture of an interaction, body cameras are more efficient than dashcams or written reports at understanding the whole story (Franklin). With dashcams you can only see in front of the car, so if there is a chase you miss everything that happens during the chase, with written reports you get a shop says, she says. Body cameras are on the officer's person so they see what they see, hear what they hear, and get a better understanding of the incident. Racial profiling and unconstitutional searches have increased since the war on drugs began to become a serious problem, but trust in the police has declined (Franklin). Being able to trust the people who are supposed to protect and keep the community safe is extremely important. People shouldn't worry that because of their race they will be stopped or accused of something they may not have done. Body cameras can help restore people's trust in police departments by demonstrating this. Some officers are falsely accused of abuse and others are not punished for abusing their power, but with body cameras it will be evident