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.
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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
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“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
NYPD
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
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