A crowdsourced effort to understand body camera use among U.S. Police
Project created and maintained by Rachel Alexander and Steven Rich.
Body cameras are being adopted by police departments across the U.S. at a rapid pace. Many activist and community groups support them as an accountability tool, while police say they can help protect officers from frivolous complaints.
In spite of their growing popularity, there's no complete list of law enforcement agencies using the cameras, and no easy way to compare policies and disclosure laws across states and departments.
We want to fix that.
Our goal is to build a verified, crowdsourced database of law enforcement agencies across the U.S. that are using or considering adopting body cameras. We need your help to make it happen.
Know about a body camera program missing from our list? Have updated information to add? Fill out our easy form here so we can add it to the list.
If you're interested in the project but don't have information to add, help us out by sharing the project on Facebook or Twitter.
Want to get more involved? We're looking for journalists, researchers and other interested people to help coordinate data from individual states. Please contact us and let us know how you can help.