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Body worn video (police equipment) failure by officers to meet acceptable standards. The Abu Dhabi Police also confirmed in the same year that – following two years of trials – it would be rolling out body worn video cameras to patrol officers. Police body cameras have been suggested to be a way to monitor police behavior. While a small study initially concluded that when 46 randomly selected officers were chosen to wear video recording devices against 43 officers who were not there was a 53% decrease in use-of-force incidents reported and civilian complaints dropped by nearly 65%, a study of more than 2,000 officers over