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

Trevizo’s doctor entered the room with two officers and informed the then-high school cheerleader and her mother that a dead newborn was found in the trash and had to be reported, the body camera footage shows. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Grayson was accompanied by another deputy who had his body camera switched on throughout the encounter. — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 31 July 2026

The sheriff's office released body camera footage of Romo's arrest and sobriety test on Wednesday. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 31 July 2026

The agents involved in this month’s incident in Maine did not have body cameras, but bystanders’ captured the aftermath of the shooting of Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Biddeford. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 30 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above