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) would be a "clear change in working conditions" as well as something that could "impact an officer's safety". Washington D.C. researcher Harlan Yu conducted a study with the nonprofit consulting company Upturn, which focuses on technologies effects on social issues. The researcher conducted data that showed the lack of effect on the police body worn cameras. From the random sample of Washington D.C. police officers who wore these body cameras there was no significant data set to make a statistical difference. The results concluded that police enforcement who were equipped with body cameras used force and confronted civilians in a