Unless mandated by state law, agencies should be very careful when crafting body-worn camera policies that allow the deactivation of the...

Agencies should be mindful of their policies on body-worn camera (BWC) activation during "administrative" periods. I do not know the...

August 7, 2015 There was a recent article published in Politico New York that attributes a comment to Mr. Philip Eure, the Department of Investigation’s Inspector General for NYPD, regarding review of body camera footage by an officer involved in a shooting. The article states that Mr. Eure said a pre-viewing statement enables investigators to test not the officer’s memory, but rather his or her integrity. In “Implementing a Body-Worn Camera Program: Recommendations and L