Body worn video (police equipment) Police. In 2006, the first significant deployments of body worn video at the national level were undertaken by the Police Standards Unit (PSU) as part of the Domestic Violence Enforcement Campaign (DVEC). The basic command units equipped with the head cameras recorded everything that happened during an incident from the time of arrival which led to the "preservation of good-quality first disclosure evidence from the victim". The evidence gathered was deemed especially useful in the way of supporting prosecutions if the victim was reluctant to give evidence or press charges. This led the Home Office to publish a report stating
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