bodycam

• body cam

From body +‎ cam.

bodycam (plural bodycams)

1. (chiefly law enforcement) A body camera.
   • 2017, Bharti Kirchner, Season of Sacrifice: First in a new Seattle-based mystery series‎^[1]:

     I'll wear a bodycam – a copcam, which I'll have to get from the SPD.

   • 2023 April 4, Philip Buckingham, “‘The ref’s got a camera on’ – the bodycams being used to keep officials safe”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The use of bodycams has been mooted for years and the English FA was given permission by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the body that determines the rules of the game, to begin a trial in February.

   • 2024 September 30, Chelsea Bailey, “‘Take his pulse, he’s blue’: Bodycam footage shows fatal encounter between epileptic Indiana man and first responders”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     The sheriff’s office released a compilation of bodycam footage Friday from deputies at the scene that shows them handcuffing Earl and pinning him down for more than 20 minutes as he struggles and repeatedly shouts for help.

Unadapted borrowing from English bodycam.

bodycam f (plural bodycams)

1. bodycam
   • DN/Lusa (19 January 2021) “Utilização de bodycams por polícias aprovada no parlamento [Use of bodycams by police officers approved in parliament]”, in DN‎^[4] (in Portuguese): “Segundo o documento, a utilização das bodycams, uma das reivindicações dos elementos da PSP e GNR, depende de autorização do membro do Governo que tutela a força de segurança". ― According to the document, the use of bodycams, one of the demands of the members of the PSP and GNR, depends on authorization from the Government official that oversees the security force".”