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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Carlson also refused to answer questions about body camera footage, his training, disciplinary history and any statements to investigators, according to the deposition transcript.
—Ash-Har Quraishi, CBS News, 16 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
Cox agreed to appear at a future Council hearing on body camera release protocols, in exchange for dropping the summons request, but there was more going on behind the scenes to set that deal into motion, a City Hall source told the Herald.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Bovino didn’t wear a body camera, so prosecutors relied on video from the body camera of Border Patrol agent Jason Epperson.
—A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2026
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Ash-Har Quraishi, CBS News, 16 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
Cox agreed to appear at a future Council hearing on body camera release protocols, in exchange for dropping the summons request, but there was more going on behind the scenes to set that deal into motion, a City Hall source told the Herald.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Bovino didn’t wear a body camera, so prosecutors relied on video from the body camera of Border Patrol agent Jason Epperson.
—A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2026
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 17 Apr. 2026.
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