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) officers’ account. Part of the reason why video evidence in general can be ineffective simply lies with the poor quality or angle of the video itself, as described in the Minnesota shooting of Philando Castile. Once footage was lost after Castile entered the back of the police car, only audio recording of the incident was available from that point on since the cameras did not cover the backseat. Police officers are worried that body cameras can be used against them and not just used as evidence to solve a case. The body worn cameras do not show all aspects of