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

Examples of body camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Police body camera footage showed Hill coming out of the garage of a friend's house holding up a cellphone in his left hand, his right hand not visible, seconds before Coy fatally shot him. —

CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024 After the fights, officials held a town forum Wednesday, where Carey told a crowd that police will be reviewing body camera footage, surveillance footage, and information shared to social media, per WPVI. —

Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024 Hill, holding an illuminated cell phone in his left hand, approached Coy, body camera footage shows. —

Amanda Musa, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024 The body camera footage also showed that as Hill lay dying on the floor of the garage, none of the officers who responded to the incident appeared to immediately provide first aid, officials said. —

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for body camera

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