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

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The pilot assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, in Miramar, California, is seen with his face bloodied and appearing a little shaken up in the body camera footage released Friday by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office. — Jennifer Watts, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Other, unredacted body camera footage depicted an encounter that lasted less than 90 seconds from when most Oakland officers arrived on scene until the moment when the man was shot. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 The Oakland Police Department on Thursday released a compilation video of officer body camera footage of the fatal shooting last month of a man wielding two homemade spear-like devices at officers. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The legislation did not include a measure introduced by Democrats that required agents to wear body cameras, but Collins had separately supported funding for body cameras. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for body camera

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1993, in the meaning defined above

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