Don’t Shoot?: The National Debate Over Police Body Cameras
12/03/2014
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The John R. Park Debate Society (the University of Utah Forensics Team) is pleased to host Representative Paul Ray (R – District 13), Civil Rights Attorney Randall K. Edwards, Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, and Anna Brower of the Utah ACLU in a public forum focused on the recent controversy surrounding police violence in Ferguson, MO and Saratoga Springs, UT.
What: “Don’t Shoot? The National Debate Over Police Body Cameras” presented by John R. Park Debate Society
Who: Rep. Paul Ray (R-13), Civil Rights Attorney Randall K. Edwards, SLC Police Chief Chris Burbank, and Anna Brower from the Utah ACLU.
When: Wednesday, December 3, 2014; 7:00- 9:00 PM
Where: Social Work Auditorium, University of Utah Campus
In light of the recent police shootings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Darrien Hunt in Saratoga Springs, Utah, the John R. Park Debate Society is hosting a public forum and demonstration debate on the topic of police conduct. Specifically, the event takes up the issue of police oversight and whether active duty Utah police officers should be mandated to wear body cameras. Guests in the event are actively engaged in the issue from a multitude of perspectives, as they have supervised, served, or lobbied area police forces.
In addition, the University of Utah Forensics Team will be conducting a demonstration debate on the resolution, “Resolved: The State of Utah should require all on-duty police officers to wear first-person body cameras.”
The John R. Park Debate Society at the University of Utah is an intercollegiate competitive debate team. Founded in 1869, the organization has hosted biannual forums for the past several years in an effort to educate the public and to facilitate civil dialogue about contentious political and social issues.
The event is free and open to the public.
For additional information, please contact Director of Forensics Dr. Michael Middleton m.middleton@utah.edu