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.
The benefits of 360-degree video include addressing public expectations, capturing additional evidence and improving officer training
Grants that generally open in the spring are slated for release before the end of 2018
The research shows that legal and physical protections are major benefits of adding a BWC to a patrol officer’s toolkit
Officer Downey’s wife packed him some freshly baked pumpkin muffins for his patrol shift, so he knew the dog would be intrigued by the tasty treat
The officer was already at the mall on another call and stopped the gunman less than four minutes after the attack began
Officer Cervik spent more than four minutes trying to convince the driver to get out of the car; The driver then told Cervik he had a firearm inside the vehicle
The officer followed the suspect, who was riding a bicycle, into a neighborhood where the suspect fired 3 shots at the officer
The deputy saw a torn open baggie on the suspect’s lap with “small white flakes consistent with cocaine scattered across his shorts and on his face and beard”
Police Chief Ron Thomas, who has been with the department for 34 years, said he couldn’t recall two officers being shot separately on the same day
The new law says people whose image or voice is the subject of a body camera or dash camera recording can file a written request to review the recording
The woman’s 12-year-old son called 911 and gave a description of the suspect’s vehicle; Helicopter and body camera video captured the rescue
Policy-based recording and AI-assisted automation let officers do more with less, more safely
The sheriff said the bullet broke the back of the deputy’s sunglasses, showing “how close the bullet came to potentially ending her life”
A Florida sheriff’s deputy and motorist are “lucky to be alive” after being sucked into a flooded drainage pipe and pulled under a four-lane highway
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Euclid police said the 18-year-old suspect pointed the gun at two officers; in the BWC video, the suspect denies holding a weapon
The deputy pulled over the officer for driving about 80 mph in a 45 mph in an agency-issued cruiser without the siren or emergency lights on
The video shows several armed officers running through a busy parking lot, yelling, “Go! Go! Go!” and “Police! Get down or you’re going to get shot!”
The man who killed Det. Benedetti had 14 reports of interactions with police and armed himself with 6 guns, none of which were legally registered to him
A judge has refused to release the BWC of the shooting, which was deemed justified, leading the city council to indicate it would not pay for legal representation
“We see there’s a, there’s like an eight-foot person beside it and another one’s inside, and it has big eyes and it’s looking at us”
Deputy Rizer pulled the child free and handed her to a bystander. He then looked for a boy who was unaccounted for and “unresponsive” somewhere in the vehicle
“Mom and baby Jack are doing great!” State Police said. “Jack and mom are healthy and appreciative of the outstanding job by our Troopers”
The suspect’s first shot hit and killed Det. Benedetti. The suspect took Benedetti’s department-issued rifle and fired additional shots, striking another officer
Body-worn camera video shows two deputies rushing to get into the home and then quickly performing CPR on the unresponsive toddler
The suspect had already stabbed a man before LAPD located him in a parking lot
An officer’s body-worn camera shows K-9 Bear tracking the occupants of the car, who were ages 13, 15 and 16
The prison escapee lost a shoe as he ran into the woods, which K-9 Eddie used to track him down
Tony Peralta told police he decided to come forward because “his heart hurts” and that he thought about it every day
“I think I’m hit, I’m bleeding,” one of the officers can be heard saying as he realizes he was shot. “I’m okay. Let’s go, we’re good.”
As they write parking tickets and direct traffic, traffic enforcement agents are regularly assaulted, screamed at and accused of writing bogus tickets, the union said
The four hours of BWC videos show the scene after a Corvette, driven by ex-NFL player Henry Ruggs III, struck and killed a woman in a Toyota RAV4
This next-gen bodycam helps keep officers safe by recognizing common phrases and automatically activating to capture footage
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