Of the 4,426 complaints closed by the Civilian Complaint Review Board in 2016, 794 included some form of video evidence, according to The Wall Street Journal. In 2012, there were just 43 closed complaints with video evidence out of 4,268.

The review board said recordings help increase transparency when examining cases of alleged police misconduct.

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