body camera
noun
variants
or less commonly body cam
or bodycam
: 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
Tom KnightExamples of body camera in a Sentence
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At times, the search for the pipe bomber appeared to become lost in what was the largest investigation in FBI history, as agents and prosecutors waded through security video, body camera footage and social media to identify the thousands of people who clashed with police and entered the Capitol.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The body camera video shows the same patrolman reading Miranda warnings to Mangione.
—Adam Reiss, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage Monday from a deputy shooting an armed man during an intense shootout in Goulds in September.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
During an unrelated court hearing last week, one of Mangione’s attorneys claimed that the hearing could include more than two dozen witnesses and hours of body camera footage.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The body camera video shows the same patrolman reading Miranda warnings to Mangione.
—Adam Reiss, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage Monday from a deputy shooting an armed man during an intense shootout in Goulds in September.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
During an unrelated court hearing last week, one of Mangione’s attorneys claimed that the hearing could include more than two dozen witnesses and hours of body camera footage.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for body camera
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“Body camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20camera. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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