Unless mandated by state law, agencies should be very careful when crafting body-worn camera policies that allow the deactivation of the camera in any location where there is a 4th Amendment expectation of privacy. Circumstances that allow for deactivation should be limited and clearly defined. Failure to do so places officers and agencies at risk. The public perception of any critical or controversial incident that is not recorded on an officer's body-worn camera is almost a

Agencies should be mindful of their policies on body-worn camera (BWC) activation during "administrative" periods. I do not know the facts about this incident and the purpose for commenting on it has nothing to do with the incident or officers involved. The question should be asked as to why a BWC was on during ,what appears to be, an "administrative" activity? It is a good policy practice to specifically state that officers shall not have their BWC activated (or even worn

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