Nation Jan 10 Police bodycam footage shows New Orleans attacker fired at police before they shot and killed him By Jack Brook, Associated Press
Nation Dec 18 Watch 6:28 Why the promise of police body cameras is falling well short of expectations The use of police body cameras has become much more widespread in recent years with the hope that they will curb police violence and improve accountability. But a new investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine found it… By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas
Nation Jul 04 After police kill unarmed Black man Jayland Walker, Akron police release bodycam footage Authorities say a Black man was unarmed when Akron police chased him on foot and killed him in a hail of gunfire, but officers believed he had shot at them earlier from a vehicle and feared he was preparing to… By Associated Press
Nation May 06 Police detain mother of Daunte Wright after recording traffic stop The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, says was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department's officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person… By Associated Press
Nation Jan 21 Columbus, Ohio to spend $4.5 million to improve police bodycams Officials in Columbus, Ohio, say they plan to invest $4.5 million in body-worn cameras for police and require officers use the cameras correctly. By Farnoush Amiri, Report for America
Apr 12 How Kamala Harris’ record on police body cameras fits into the 2020 debate on criminal justice By Jenae Addison The use of police body cameras in recent years is part of a broader debate over racial disparity in policing, an increasingly important issue for the Democratic Party’s progressive base and many non-white voters -- two blocs Kamala Harris and… Continue reading
Mar 13 AP analysis: Police routinely deny access to officer video footage By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press AP record requests for police video were met with a series of denials and failed to unearth video of a single incident that had not already been released publicly. Continue reading
Jun 05 Police respect whites more than blacks during traffic stops, language analysis finds By Nsikan Akpan By relying on computer analysis of body camera footage, a new study provides an impartial take on policing during traffic stops as well as an automated method for assessing the behavior of police officers based on the language they use. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch How do police decide when to release video footage? By PBS News Hour In Charlotte, North Carolina, police announced Saturday they would release body cam and dash cam footage from the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Dozens of U.S. cities have started equipping their police with body cameras, including Charlotte --… Continue watching