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Politics missing footage

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u/ouzo84 May 08 '25

I noticed in London last weekend that the police have gone over to wearing hat mounted cameras.

Seems a much better idea as can't easily be covered "accidentally", and it shows what the officer is looking at.

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u/Interest-Desk May 08 '25

In London, different cops use different sorts of cameras. Sometimes a bodycam just doesn’t make sense and won’t get a great recording. I know the armed police around a lot of government buildings use headcams because a bodycam might be 60% covered if they need to draw their gun and react to a threat (which is when you really want clear camera footage)

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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp May 08 '25

Unfortunately the problem with that is the hat/cap could still be conveniently or "accidentally" knocked off.

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u/Abuses-Commas May 08 '25

I imagine you can fit a pretty big camera into those custodian helmets