As surveillance and monitoring technology increases, groups like the American Civil Liberties Union advocate safeguards and limits to ensure government uses data in ethical and legal ways. However in October, the organization cautiously added its formal voice of approval on increasing surveillance in one specific area: police encounters with the public. “We believe that when there are proper safeguards in place, body-mounted cameras can really be a useful way of promoting accountability, and guarding against abusive police practices, and at the same time, protecting police from false accusations,” said Chad Brock, staff attorney for the ACLU in Georgia.