New body cams activates when weapon is drawn

[Cureforcancer]

New bodycams start recording with the draw of a gun

 

[Bananabandit]

Great idea

 

[GUNSICK]

Not good enough for me, I want to see what leads up to the firearm being drawn. 30 seconds prior isn't long enough.

 

[Apeman]

Not good enough for me, I want to see what leads up to the firearm being drawn. 30 seconds prior isn't long enough.

Exactly. They need to be on all the time while actively policing to be effective. If you can't tell what led to the weapon being drawn you don't have an acurate understanding of the situation.
I feel the same for dash cams too. Why do they only come on when the lights are activated? In some situations you dont want the lights on but then your camera isn't recording.
I understand the need for privacy sometimes so I'd be ok with them having the ability to be turned off or have the audio turned off for certain things. Have to figure out a way to make sure they're turned on again though because there will be times when the officer legitimately forgot to turn it on.

 

[Acer-m14]

they need to be on all the time .. just make able to record for the shift duration .. batt life and storage changes .. you all ready have a ton of crap on your waist whats a battery pack ..

 

[Chipperxd]

they need to be on all the time .. just make able to record for the shift duration .. batt life and storage changes .. you all ready have a ton of crap on your waist whats a battery pack ..

Seriously. There is no reason what so ever they can come up with to not wanting a body cam unless they are corrupt/power tripping cops.