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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2015

Inspector General Recommends Changes in NYPD Body Camera Policy

According to the Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD, the police department’s current policy governing the use of body cameras gives officers too much discretion.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2015

Senate Considering $100 Million in Body-Worn Camera Funding for Local Agencies

The bill, titled the Safer Officer and Safer Citizens Act of 2015, would provide up to $100 million in grants over five years – from federal fiscal years 2016 through 2021 – to law enforcement jurisdictions nationwide that provide a 25 percent match in the funds that they request.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2015

Video: 2 Las Vegas Officers Nearly Killed During Shooting

Las Vegas Metro Police held a press conference Wednesday during which they released new details about a fatal officer-involved shooting in western Las Vegas on Friday morning, including video from a body-worn camera.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2015

Indianapolis Police Body Camera Program Ending

The body-camera pilot program that Indianapolis law enforcement officials have been testing for the past seven months will soon come to an end, and department leaders said Thursday that although they see value in continuing the program they are uncertain whether they can afford to.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 7, 2015

Genetec Expands Support for Body Wearable Cameras in Latest Release of Security Center

Genetec's latest version of Security Center, the company's unified security platform, now supports the import and archiving of video content recorded from a variety of body wearable cameras.

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Articlesby Greg MeyerJune 30, 2015

Body Cameras: Keep It Real

Body-worn cameras will be a game-changer, but no new law enforcement technology is the be-all, end-all "silver bullet" that people often think it will be.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 29, 2015

Safariland Acquires Vievu

The Safariland Group today announced that it has acquired Vievu, known for its body worn video and data management solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2015

Man Fatally Shoots New Orleans Officer Through Cruiser Partition

Travis Boys shot New Orleans police officer Daryle Holloway through an access window separating the two men inside a patrol car, leading to a struggle that was recorded by the mortally wounded man's body camera.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2015

Federal Monitor Wants Seattle Officers to Wear Body Cameras

“The time for permanent use of on-officer cameras by all SPD officers is now,” the monitor, Merrick Bobb, writes in the fifth semiannual report since the city entered into a 2012 consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department to curtail excessive force and biased policing.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 4, 2015

Video: New Footage Shows Fatal 2014 Officer-Involved Shooting in Utah

A new video of a 2014 Salt Lake City shooting shows a graphic account of the deadly confrontation.

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