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 ...

Body-worn cameras were introduced as part of a nationwide push to improve accountability in policing. They were promoted as a tool that could provide clear answers after disputed encounters, ...

If you’ve ever thought body cameras were our safety net—the all-seeing eyes meant to ensure accountability—you’re not alone. That’s why the recent police body camera footage out of Irondale, Alabama, ...

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

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 ...

Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan was arrested for trespassing and demanded the arresting officer turn off his body camera. Flanagan incorrectly asserted that police ...

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 ...

OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Technology moves ahead at a blazing speed. With that in mind, imagine the advances made in police body-worn cameras over the last decade. That’s what Olmsted Township ...

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The Old Westbury Police Department is testing the use of artificial intelligence-enhanced body cameras that can translate foreign languages, transcribe public interactions, answer policy questions and ...