Body-Worn Cameras

Amid the push for increased police transparency, wide varieties and differences in the use of police body-worn cameras remain in the Washington, D.C. region, according to a review by the News4 I-Team.

Amid the push for increased police transparency, wide varieties and differences in the use of police body-worn cameras remain in the Washington, D.C. region, according to a review by the News4 I-Team. Scott MacFarlane reports.

After weeks-long demonstrations demanding police reform across the country over the police-involved killings of Rayshard Brooks, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, Arlington County is moving ahead with a plan to provide police and the sheriff’s department with body-worn cameras. County Manager Mark Schwartz is budgeting more than $1 million for the program. Schwartz said the decision was spurred by calls…

While the use of body cameras are widely considered key to police reform, NBCLX storyteller Noah Pransky explains that costs and privacy issues can inhibit how they are adopted by police departments.