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) and appropriate behaviors. There is a list of high profile cases involving police officer shootings of unarmed persons that have not resulted in convictions of those officers even with video evidence provided from body cameras. This has caused activists and even some supporters of the new technology to doubt the overall effectiveness body cameras can have in court cases involving questionable actions on behalf of police officers. In the Ray Tensing and Walter Scott trials, which took place in Cincinnati and Charleston, the results for both shootings ended in a hung jury despite video evidence and alleged mishandling on the