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.
With longer wait times for backup and fewer basic technologies, rural officers face safety risks that often go unnoticed outside their communities
Survey responses show officers want existing situational awareness tools to work consistently, seamlessly and intuitively before agencies invest in anything new
Shifting from judgment to learning can turn every body-worn camera review into a powerful training opportunity
Officers shot the man with less lethal foam projectiles multiple times; they fired shots as the man continued to run at them with the wire “whip”
Officers were guarding evidence at a homicide scene when a man emerged from an apartment and fired shots; he later opened fire again, wounding an officer in the face
The suspect, linked to 11 shots fired incidents, was critically injured after raising a gun at officers during a foot pursuit captured on bodycam
Oklahoma City Police Department officers tased the man twice and deployed a less-lethal impact round before he charged at them, prompting the shooting
“I can’t walk,” the woman can be heard telling a Sterling Heights officer as she tried to move away from her smoking car
The man fired multiple shots at Stamford officers inside an armored vehicle; a possible pipe bomb and other explosives were found inside the house
As the Columbus Police officer was driving to respond to the call with lights and sirens activated, she crashed into another driver who later died from his injuries
No officers were injured by the suspect’s gunfire, but shots that struck their cruisers showed they were “extremely close to getting hit,” Grand Rapids PD Chief Eric Winstrom said
Konoa Wilson was running away from a person shooting at him when he turned a corner to face a San Diego Police officer looking for the shooter; the officer fatally shot Wilson
The cameras being tested in Edmonton, Alberta, aim to identify individuals from a “high-risk” watchlist
Seattle Police officers ordered the man, who was reportedly pointing the gun at passing drivers, to drop the weapon; instead, he pointed it at the responding cops
Grand Island police broke a window and pulled the man from a smoke-filled vehicle moments before it was fully engulfed in flames
The video shows an Ontario Provincial Police officer diving off the side of the roadway as an out-of-control vehicle slid toward him, narrowly avoiding being hit
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
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