Editing Police brutality (section)

== Measurement ==

Police brutality is measured based on the accounts of [[Crime victim|people who have experienced]] or [[Witness|seen it]], as well as the juries who are present for trials involving police brutality cases, as there is no objective method to quantify the use of excessive force for any particular situation.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

In addition to this, police brutality may also be filmed by [[police body camera]]s, worn by police officers. Whereas body cams could be a tool against police brutality (by prevention, and by increasing accountability). However according to Harlan Yu, executive director from Upturn, for this to occur, it needs to be embedded in a broader change in culture and legal framework. In particular, the [[Open access|public's ability to access the body camera footage]] can be an issue.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/body-cameras-stopped-police-brutality-george-floyd/ |title=Body Cameras Haven't Stopped Police Brutality. Here's Why |magazine=Wired |first=Louise |last=Matsakis |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424125704/https://www.wired.com/story/body-cameras-stopped-police-brutality-george-floyd/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://progressive.org/api/content/f8f69360-0ce1-11eb-948e-1244d5f7c7c6/ |title=Why Police Body Cameras Haven't Stopped Police Brutality |first=Andrew |last=Lee |date=13 October 2020 |website=Progressive.org|access-date=22 April 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209133537/https://progressive.org/latest/police-body-cameras-police-brutality-lee-201013/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/21378159/police-brutality-protests-body-cameras-video-surveillance-black-lives-matter |title=Police body cameras don't tell the whole story. This experiment shows it. |first=William |last=Poor |date=31 August 2020 |website=The Verge |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419100314/https://www.theverge.com/21378159/police-brutality-protests-body-cameras-video-surveillance-black-lives-matter |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1985, only one out of five people thought that police brutality was a serious problem. Police brutality is relative to a situation: it depends on if the suspect is resisting. Out of the people who were surveyed about their account of police brutality in 2008, only about 12 percent felt as if they had been resisting.<ref>{{cite web |author=Bureau of Justice Statistics |title=Use of Force |url=http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=703 |website=Bureau of Justice Statistics |publisher=Office of Justice Programs |access-date=15 November 2014 |archive-date=20 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120235230/http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=703 |url-status=live}}</ref> Although the police force itself cannot be quantified, the opinion of brutality among various races, genders, and ages can. African Americans, women, and younger people are more likely to have negative opinions about the police than Caucasians, men, and middle-aged to elderly individuals.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jefferis |first1=Eric |last2=Butcher |first2=Fredrick |last3=Hanley |first3=Dena |title=Measuring perceptions of police use of force |journal=Police Practice and Research |year=2012 |volume=13 |issue=6 |pages=81–96}}</ref>