body cameras

While a growing number of U.S cities are outfitting police with body cameras, most don't require them for officers who moonlight in their uniforms at security jobs. Experts say that leaves a hole in policies designed to increase oversight and restore confidence in law enforcement...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Police Department is outfitting its first group of officers with body cameras starting this week. KOMO-TV reports that about a dozen officers in the city's bike squad will begin wearing the devices Thursday. The officers were assigned cameras and went through training with them on Tuesday...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Bellingham Police Department will require all uniformed patrol officers to wear and use body cameras starting this summer. The Bellingham Herald reports that police Chief Cliff Cook has decided to make the devices mandatory for all officers starting in July. ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle is delaying its plan to equip police with body cameras until privacy issues can be considered, and public comment heard. The Seattle Times reports (http://is.gd/xSZzSb ) the city's Community Police Commission issued a statement saying the new technology may have unintended consequences...