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

Moriarty announced July 13 that state investigators had received hard drives holding officer statements and body camera footage, along with the SUV Good was driving when she was shot. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

In a statement, an attorney for Wiley’s family questioned the investigation’s conclusions and urged the department to release body camera video from the shooting. — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

In an exchange captured by the officer’s body camera footage, one school administrator said that the girl’s mother had consented to the use of handcuffs on her daughter. — Rosie Cima, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Those officers were not wearing body cameras, raising questions about why the agency still hadn’t gotten the cameras out to officers in the field. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above