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May 28, 2025
Success Stories from the Field: Positive Outcomes Using BWCs
The Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera (BWC) program continuously collects success stories from grantees. Since its inception in 2021, the program encourages agencies to tell us how BWCs have assisted them in increasing officer and citizen safety.Read more…
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July 18, 2024
$6 million and 170 BWC Grants Awarded.
Justice & Security Strategies (JSS) announced last week that its joint program
with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded $6 million to 170 small,
rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies for body-worn cameras (BWCs).Read more…
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May 07, 2024
BWC Policy: Attorney Workloads, Evidence, Discovery, and Witnesses .
BWC video has increased the workload of assistant prosecutors. Added responsibilities include: reviewing footage from multiple officers, determining the importance of one BWC view over another, sharing videos with their defense counterparts..Read more…
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April 09, 2024
BWC Policy: The Importance of Prosecutor-Police Collaboration.
While video evidence is generated by BWCs worn by the police, BWC evidence has a significant impact on prosecutors.Read more…
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March 05, 2024
The Importance of BWC Policy Guidelines for Prosecutors
Elected district attorneys face numerous challenges and issues when dealing with crime, victims, and defendants. Video from body-worn cameras (BWCs) provides the prosecutor with a useful tool for evidentiary purposes.Read more…
