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g An expert view on the use of video n BY JOSHUA SIGMUND Call it the Coparazzi Effect. Police practices nationwide are under unprecedented scrutiny, and the public is demanding a fundamental shift in officer oversight and accountability. With the inevitable implementation of body cameras as presumably the most tangible evidence of this transformation, the NJ State PBA invited a special guest for a two-and-a-half-hour presentation called “Proper Use, Policies and Legal Implications of Body Cameras by Law Enforcement Officers.” (The session proved to be so important that for the first time in mi