What is Body-Worn Camera?

Bodycams are usually used by police, fire-fighting department, and ambulance services, but they are also fit for prison staff, security officers, healthcare workers, railway workers, traffic wardens and parking attendants, etc. Bodycam helps everyone involved to be more professional and safer.

Bodycam brings better transparency and accountability and improves law enforcement legitimacy. When there is a lack of trust and confidence exacerbated by questions encountered during some law enforcement scenarios, such as violent demonstrations, and protest riots, audiovisual footage captured by bodycam provides better documentation to help confirm the nature of events and support accounts articulated by officers and the public.

Bodycam leads to a faster resolution of complaints and lawsuits that allege excessive use of force and other forms of officer misconduct. Investigations of cases that involve inconsistent accounts of the encounter between officers and citizens are often found to be in the dilemma. This maybe decreases the public's trust and confidence in law enforcement and increase perceptions that claims of abuse brought against officers will not be properly addressed. Audiovisual footage captured by body-worn camera may help corroborate the facts of the encounter and result in a quicker resolution.

The video and audio captured by the bodycam can be used as critical evidence in arrests or prosecutions. Audiovisual footage captured by BWCs will help document the occurrence and nature of various types of crime, reduce the overall amount of time required for officers to complete paperwork for case files to corroborate evidence presented by prosecutors.