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
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The department has signed a 10-year, $120 million contact with Axon that gives them options to purchase an array of high-tech gear, from drones to non-lethal Taser weapons that activate body cameras when pulled from holsters.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
The officers involved in Brown's arrest were supposed to be wearing body cameras and weren't, according to the NYPD.
—Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
The city released today body camera videos showing the death of Officer Krystal Rivera, the tactical officer fatally shot last year by her partner in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The next moments were caught on videos from officers' body cameras that were released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) last month.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
The officers involved in Brown's arrest were supposed to be wearing body cameras and weren't, according to the NYPD.
—Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
The city released today body camera videos showing the death of Officer Krystal Rivera, the tactical officer fatally shot last year by her partner in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The next moments were caught on videos from officers' body cameras that were released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) last month.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Body camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20camera. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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