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Police body cameras

Recorded year2014

Body cameras spread across police forces.

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Built on

CCTV policingRecorded · 1968enables
MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
Digital cameraRecorded · 1975enables
Flash memoryRecorded · 1984requires
CMOS image sensorRecorded · 1993requires

Led to

Deepfake forensics in courtForecast · ~2027enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.