In keeping with the Law Enforcement trend, should MPs/SPs/SECFOR personnel on gates be required to wear body cams?

Funny thing in my town, anti police protesters screamed and yelled for the entire force to get them. Now they may have different tune. Almost a week ago we had a riot and people were throwing rocks at the police. Some of those people were the ones wanting them to have the cameras. Well, some of those folks are going to be arrested because the cameras are able to provide evidence against them.

We should simply put cameras on the gates. I don't believe we necessarily need them on the Gate Guards, but we absolutely should have them on the gates as a matter of security. That itself will provide oversight.

However, extending your question, should Roadmasters and Patrolling MPs be required to use body cams and dash cams?

I personally am a big fan of them. It records the interaction and is beneficial to BOTH parties. Especially when we have junior members interacting with senior members. It can potentially change how the interaction goes down, and attempt to influence based on difference of ranks. It promotes professionalism.

Many do already. Of the complaints I have seen against Officers, all have been resolved by video (in car camera, body camera, or static location cameras) within minutes to the benefit of the officers.

For a short amount of time all the MPs on fort Campbell were required to draw and use body cams and they were a good idea to protect the MPs working shift but there were a lot of problems maintence wise with them so it was nixed

I wore a Taser Axon Flex body camera for almost two years. It was literally the best thing ever. To say that I am an advocate for them would be a catastrophic understatement!

In every SCIF I was ever in, guards weren't allowed inside the actual facility, so that'd be a non-issue.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

I am in favor of all who enforce laws (state, federal, UCMJ, or any local laws of ordances) to wear body cameras to protect themselves and the public.

I can remember a few instances that a body cam video would have cast away any doubts about what happened at the gates!

As an MP, the main purpose of those "body cams" is officer safety. Most major law enforcement departments provide them to officers and require them to be worn. It protects the officer if he is ever called into questioning on the events that took place.
The military is a little different. We are required by regulation to maintain our professionalism at all times. Now, if someone wants to go hands-on of get aggressive, then we have a little more freedom. But at the end of the day, the camera's should be given to our Military Police. I believe it would provide a check on both sides of the lense, both MP and subject.

No