body camera
noun
variants
or less commonly body cam
or bodycam
: 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
Tom KnightExamples of body camera in a Sentence
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The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office does not have a standard practice for releasing body camera footage of incidents in which officers use deadly force.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
Police are still reviewing body camera footage that hasn’t been released to the public and putting together their own precise timeline, CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings said this week.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
The shooting was captured on the officer’s body camera, which was handed over to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
—Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times, 3 May 2024
The officers fired seven shots, striking Sullivan four times in a shooting caught on one officer’s body camera, according to the plaintiff’s attorney’s.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
The interaction was caught on camera by both a bystander and the cop’s body camera.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
The supermodel was stopped earlier this week while driving in Surfside, police body camera video shows.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
The Free Press found two more shootings in its review missing scout car video and one missing body camera video after the department’s 2018 rollout of those cameras.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
The body camera video shows the officer, who was identified by the city of Akron as Ryan Westlake, arriving on the scene and asking the teen to put his hands behind his back before firing a single shot that appeared to strike the teen’s wrist.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
Police are still reviewing body camera footage that hasn’t been released to the public and putting together their own precise timeline, CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings said this week.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
The shooting was captured on the officer’s body camera, which was handed over to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
—Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times, 3 May 2024
The officers fired seven shots, striking Sullivan four times in a shooting caught on one officer’s body camera, according to the plaintiff’s attorney’s.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
The interaction was caught on camera by both a bystander and the cop’s body camera.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
The supermodel was stopped earlier this week while driving in Surfside, police body camera video shows.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
The Free Press found two more shootings in its review missing scout car video and one missing body camera video after the department’s 2018 rollout of those cameras.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
The body camera video shows the officer, who was identified by the city of Akron as Ryan Westlake, arriving on the scene and asking the teen to put his hands behind his back before firing a single shot that appeared to strike the teen’s wrist.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Body camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20camera. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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