Body Camera
Police body cameras are in high demand by the public and offer numerous advantages to agencies. Find the latest on body-worn camera legislation, funding, training and more via our regularly updated dashboard.
Here are the events and technologies the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact on the profession in the last decade
A staggering 6 billion hours of video is recorded every hour around the world
BodyWorn Down technology automatically triggers an alert for backup and captures critical evidence when an officer goes prone in the field
“It’s very frustrating ... a guy who’s got a repeated violent history continually getting out to only commit more violence,” San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit said. “We ... need to do better in protecting the community”
“It’s a good feeling knowing that she’s going to live and hopefully keep her leg,” Deputy Tiffany Kagle said
Body camera footage shows the officer instructing the man to put his hands on a wooden fence when he suddenly turned, pulled the tool from his pocket and ran toward the officer
Video shows the crowd surrounding the officer, ramming him with a shopping cart and shooting fireworks at his cruiser
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“Enough is enough. It’s time for our leaders to stand together to denounce violent escalation on police,” the police union said
Video shows the 17-year-old suspect shooting at windows inside the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Facility while holding a juvenile resident hostage
The wounded officer has recovered since the August incident
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The footage shows officers give the suspect an opportunity to put on a pair of pants before he suddenly reaches under a mattress and grabs a firearm
Officer Brett Boller survived the shooting and the suspect was arrested and charged with attempted murder
The Portland Police Department was one of the last major U.S. police agencies without the technology, which will be implemented next summer
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A Murfreesboro Police officer was responding to a call about an attempted armored car robbery when the suspect charged at the officer with two knives
Body camera video shows a stolen car full of teens totaling one cruiser, reversing into another and running over an officer’s foot before the car burst into flames
Officer Robb Phelps shot the gun-wielding man because he thought bystanders were in danger, he told another officer
The officer was conducting a traffic stop at the time; neither the police officer nor K-9 Hawk was injured
“Had officers arrived a few seconds later, this could have been a very different outcome,” said White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook
“Because of this man’s deliberate and intentional actions, [the deputies’] lives and their family’s lives are changed forever,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said
Police were searching for the suspect after he sent “threatening messages” to family; when officers conducted a traffic stop on him, the suspect drove off
The May incident led to an officer being fired and charged, as well as increased de-escalation training at the department
The man, in his 70s, was changing the transmission cable on a car when one of the jacks gave out
The man refused to drop two swords and was not affected by a TASER before he charged at police and was shot
Charges were dropped for Lt. John Clary, the third of five troopers involved in a 2019 incident, following two years of withheld body camera footage
Watch: Maui PD releases body camera footage from Aug. 8 wildfires showing race to evacuate residents
The video shows officers evacuating homes and businesses, taking injured people to hospitals and removing road barriers to allow people to escape
“I need to make sure that I have someone whose primary job is to take a look at use-of-force incidents and examine them thoroughly,” Sheriff John Nowels said
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Supply chain issues, miscommunication and officers forgetting to turn cameras on have caused difficulties for the new administration
“These grants provide local police agencies with resources to implement technology that while improving investigations and advancing the fundamental principles of transparency and accountability,” Gov. Maura Healey said
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