About (Purpose, Main Goals, Summary)

• Purpose: The EPJETS project aims to enhance citizen relations through positive interactions and accountable policing practices.
• The goal of this project is to enhance police-citizen interactions by improving communication and accountability police practices. This project strives to assess whether releasing body worn camera (BWC) footage of police-citizen interactions. Utilizing a procedural justice script, and overall informing police duties, responsibilities, and practices, will strengthen how citizens perceive the police
• Main goals: To evaluate whether AC and Pleasantville police officers can enhance perceptions of legitimacy through the EPJETS model during a short, police-initiated encounter; To provide police departments in the US with the needed guidance and clear procedures for incorporating both procedural justice and BWC technology into the workings of the department; To improve citizen cooperation with law enforcement agencies.