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Require all social workers to wear body cameras.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Require all social workers to wear body cameras. This will protect social workers as well as reassure parent that social workers can't lie during court proceedings.
Social services are putting funding and targets before the wellbeing of children and families.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Introduce a ‘Transparency Law’ requiring social workers to wear body cameras

Timeline

2 Oct 2022 Petition opened for signatures
6 Oct 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Oct 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.