Seattle Police Officers Using Body Cameras

Posted Wednesday, January 4, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff

A small group of Seattle police officers have stepped up to the visual future by adding cameras to their uniforms with an additional 800 more officers outfitted by the end of next year.

The body-cameras, about the size of a pager, will be worn by a dozen members of the West Precinct bike squad. All officers’ duties will be recorded – from crime scenes, to protests to on the street conversations.More than 50 police departments across the state have experimented with body cameras, but only a handful actually use them daily.

As a defense attorney, these cameras are a useful tool to reviewing evidence and verifying the credibility of an officer’s actions versus my client’s explanation of events.