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A Los Angeles police officer wears an Axon body camera in 2017. On Thursday, the company announced it is holding off on facial recognition software, citing its unreliability. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
A body camera from Taser is seen during a press conference on Sept. 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Police Are Investing In New Technology. 'Thin Blue Lie' Asks, 'Does It Work?'
Jose Luis Conde (center) listens to news media while seated between his mother, Rosa Conde, and his attorney Bret Royle at Royle's office in Phoenix on Thursday. Royle released Mesa police body cam videos showing officers punching Conde, who was unarmed, and later mocking him while he was lying on a hospital room floor after his Jan. 28 arrest. Terry Tang/AP hide caption
A still from surveillance footage, released by the police department in Mesa, Ariz., shows officers surrounding a man after they punched him to the ground. Mesa Police Department/azfamily/YouTube hide caption
D.C. Master Patrol Officer Benjamin Fettering shows a body camera worn in place of a normal radio microphone before a news conference in 2014. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Body Cam Study Shows No Effect On Police Use Of Force Or Citizen Complaints
Police tape blocks off part of Las Vegas Blvd. on Tuesday near the scene of a massacre at a country music festival in Las Vegas. Twelve devices known as bump stocks were found in the gunman's room. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Body camera footage of a Baltimore police operation released by the public defender's office appears to show an officer hiding drugs and later discovering them. Baltimore Police Department hide caption
A Newark police officer wears a body camera last month. The cameras, which will be worn by officers as part of a federal monitoring agreement, are provided by Panasonic. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police officer wears a camera during a news conference in 2014. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Scientists Hunt Hard Evidence On How Cop Cameras Affect Behavior
A patrol officer in West Valley City, Utah, starts a body camera recording by pressing a button on his chest in March 2015. The West Valley City Police Department issued 190 Axon Flex body cameras for all its sworn officers to wear. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption
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The New Orleans Police Department was one of the first big police departments in the U.S. to embrace the use of body cameras. Sean Gardner/Getty Images hide caption
New Orleans' Police Use Of Body Cameras Brings Benefits And New Burdens
Dejuan Yourse is interviewed by police Officers Charlotte Jackson and Travis Cole in Greensboro, N.C., on June 17. Greensboro Police Department/NPR via YouTube hide caption
The village of Funningur is one of the scenic delights of the Faroe Islands. The archipelago's tourist board has a campaign for better Google Street View mapping called SheepView 360. Ullstein Bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images hide caption
The Urban Institute has produced a state-by-state breakdown of local laws governing videos recorded by police body cameras. See the interactive feature. Urban Institute hide caption
Police body cameras are seen on a mannequin at an exhibit booth by manufacturer Wolfcom at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago, on Oct. 26. Jim Young/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Stealth Mode? Built-In Monitor? Not All Body Cameras Are Created Equal
Taser International is now selling police departments the technology to store videos from body cameras. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
As Police Body Cameras Increase, What About All That Video?
Oakland police officers, wearing body cameras, form a line during demonstrations against recent incidents of alleged police brutality nationwide. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption
California Bill Could Limit Police Access To Body Camera Footage
Cellphones were used to record a 2012 confrontation between protesters and police in Springfield, Ill. Seth Perlman/AP hide caption
Civilians Can Record Police Encounters, But When Is It Interference?
Body cameras, like this one shown at a 2014 press conference in Washington, D.C., are small enough to be clipped to an officer's chest. Washington and Denver are among U.S. cities trying the cameras. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Task Force Calls For Independent Probes Of Police-Involved Shootings
A Philadelphia police officer demonstrates a body-worn camera being used as part of a pilot project last December. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Police Departments Issuing Body Cameras Discover Drawbacks
Few police departments have required officers to wear body cameras, but that's changing after the events in Ferguson, Mo., this summer. Jim Mone/AP hide caption