body camera

noun

variants or less commonly body cam or bodycam

ˈbä-dē-ˌkam

: a video camera that is worn on clothing and used to continuously record activity in front of the wearer

Americans are deeply divided over race relations and police use of force. One thing they don't seem to be divided over, however, is support for police body cameras.—

Tom Knight

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The Garden City Police Department declined to release dashboard or body camera footage from the search. —

Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 Graphic body camera footage released at the time showed firefighters lifting Lewis off the boat with his leg barely attached. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025 Maryland State Police released nearly two hours of body camera footage from the traffic stop in response to the records request. —

Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025 This image provided by New Orleans Police Department shows police body camera footage of officers approaching the white truck on New Year's Day in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. —

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