Security

Building Smarter Public Safety With Integrated Body Cameras

Open platforms maximize body camera value by enabling integration with fixed video, AI tools and real-time alerts like haptic feedback. Flexible, vendor-neutral systems simplify evidence management ...

These Utah officers didn’t turn on their body cameras, violating policies. Here’s how they were disciplined.

A Unified police lieutenant was gathering evidence in an arson case when he tried to pull related footage from a body camera ...
Yahoo

Walmart is experimenting with body cameras for employees—like the ones used by cops—as the retail industry fends off ‘unprecedented levels’ of shopper violence

Walmart workers at some locations are wearing body cameras to deter shopper violence. Walmart is piloting a body-camera program at a set of stores as a safety measure for employees as the retail ...
KWQC

Illinois mandates body cameras for police, but has hardly any punishment for departments that don’t follow it

Illinois (KWQC) - With fewer than 80 days until all law enforcement are mandated to wear body cameras, Illinois doesn‘t know is and isn’t following the mandate. In 2021, lawmakers passed the SAFE-T ...
phillyvoice.com

All Pennsylvania state troopers are now equipped with body cameras

More than 3,000 Pennsylvania State Police troopers will wear body cameras as part of a department-wide rollout that was completed Thursday, the agency said. The initiative also included updating video ...
Redding Record Searchlight

Shasta CEO's pay nearing $300K after latest board vote. Plus, deputies will wear body cams

Following the lead of the Redding Police Department, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office will start outfitting its force with body-worn cameras. The Shasta County Board of Supervisors on Thursday night ...
The Providence Journal

Can RI police mute body camera footage? It comes down to 'should' and 'shall'

Police officers can press a button on their body cameras to turn off audio recording, a practice known as "muting." Recent high-profile cases in Rhode Island, including an ICE raid, have drawn ...
Redding Record Searchlight

Shasta sheriff opens up on what changed his mind about using body cameras in department

The Shasta County Sheriff's Department will equip 128 officers with body cameras by May under a new $2 million contract. Sheriff Michael Johnson cited the need to disprove false claims against ...
WGAL

PSP announce body-worn camera rollout

FROM STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP. IF YOU SEE FLASHING LIGHTS BEHIND YOU AND YOU’RE PULLED OVER BY A PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE VEHICLE, YOU MIGHT EXPECT THAT THAT INTERACTION WILL ...
Newsday

Heed report on police body cameras, expand program

There are many reasons law enforcement agencies across the country and on Long Island have embraced body-worn cameras, or BWCs. Despite the drawbacks, body cameras make policing better and improve ...
USA Today

Walmart employees testing body cameras at some stores for 'security measures'

Walmart has become the most recent retailer known to have some store employees wear body cameras. The nation's largest retailer has some employees taking part in a body camera pilot program. “While we ...