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 Omaha Police Department has adopted an approach where its interviewing investigators do not watch video evidence before interviewing officers involved in serious uses of force
Law enforcement agencies can secure grants to implement body-worn camera program funding; discover sources, tips and strategies for success
In Rucker v. Marshall, the court ruled body-worn camera footage supported qualified immunity for officers accused of unlawful arrest
The Cleveland PD stated that the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a planned warrant service; Sheriff Shawn Price stated he did not know about it until 15 minutes beforehand
Attorneys for ex-Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson argue the judge wrongly allowed bodycam footage of his comments after the shooting to be shown in court
The suspect, who immediately met Port St. Lucie officers with gunfire upon their arrival, was shot and killed by return fire as he tried to shoot officers taking cover behind a cruiser
After being instructed by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies to show his hands, the suspect claimed he didn’t have any; he was killed in the shootout that ensued
Watch: Texas officer coaxes 4-legged ‘suspect’ into back of cruiser with grass, reads Miranda rights
“If this is your goat, please retrieve him. He’s already trying to promote himself to Sergeant,” the Little Elm Police Department stated
The man fled in his vehicle after a Clearwater County Sheriff’s deputy confronted him over outstanding warrants; after officers stopped his vehicle, he shot a flare gun at them
The man, suspected in a shooting, fled from Racine County Sheriff’s deputies before being captured and arrested across the street from a corrections center
The suspect was spotted by an off-duty Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy, who attempted to persuade the suspect to surrender after he jumped into a canal and climbed a tree
The Mason County Sheriff’s deputy cleared a traffic stop he was in the process of completing and reached speeds of up to 100 mph to stop the suspected DUI driver
The man faces multiple charges after hitting and fighting with a Newtown Police officer before the officer was able to subdue him and take him into custody
The suspect, who was initially found passed out behind the wheel, gained consciousness and began pushing a Livingston County Sheriff’s Office cruiser into the road
After a TASER was ineffective, the man began fighting with the Thurston County SRO and others who arrived to assist, incuding a tribal officer and an off-duty corrections officer
Apache Junction PD Officer Gabriel Facio died six days after being shot in the face by a traffic stop suspect armed with a handgun
An initial pursuit of the man by the Fountain Valley PD was called off after the man drove recklessly in poor weather; he was later arrested after crashing during a second pursuit
Portland PD officers were pursuing a man who fired a shot as they approached; after using a cruiser to disarm him, they tased him and took him into custody
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The bill would give the CCRB “direct access to all footage recorded by officer body-worn cameras,” and “real time connectivity to network servers hosting digital files of [BWC] footage”
A standoff ensued when Chico PD officers used a drone to track the man in his apartment building and saw he was armed; after a two-hour negotiation, he fired shots at officers
One Pueblo officer was shot in the head through his cruiser windshield as he arrived at the scene; two others were shot as they searched for the suspect through a darkened neighborhood
The footage shows a group of good Samaritans carrying the officer away from the fire and using his radio to call for help
The officer fired a single shot, striking the man in the shoulder as he appeared to aim his gun at a store employee
K-9 Igo “made short work of the fleeing suspect,” taking him down and allowing deputies to handcuff the suspect, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders said
Officers followed the man as he fled on foot, instructing him to stop because he was being detained; the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at an occupied cruiser’s windshield
As Grand Rapids police officers approached the man to speak with him, he pulled out a firearm and fired at least four shots before fleeing
The woman struggled and fled from officers, escaping to her car before trying to drive away with an officer halfway inside the vehicle
The new city ordinance that requires the release of body and dash cam footage of a police officer causing great bodily harm to the public within 30 days of the incident
After becoming agitated when the gas station did not have his cigarettes, the man displayed a firearm and ordered employees to lock the doors, turn off the lights and call 911
A suspect fled into a home after he was caught with a stolen pickup truck; Indian River County SWAT officers took the man into custody after he fell through the ceiling
“If I’m reading this right, is he actually riding a real bull?” Alliance Officer Ronald Hook asked the dispatcher
Columbus Police Officer Spencer Badger was fired in March 2025 for downloading and sharing body camera footage, allegedly without following proper public records procedures
“We will rip you off of your bike, tow it and provide you with free transport to our jail,” the Fall River Police Department said in a statement
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