Streaming cameras are rarely used by security companies due to the costs involved. You would need high-spec streaming cameras, sim data, cloud storage, software licenses and anything else the company that runs the system may charge for. Police and government bodies tend to use these far more than private security. Companies that do streaming cameras include Axon, Reveal Media, WCCTV and Edesix.

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Alain Babineau, a former RCMP officer and advisor with the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations, has long pushed for police use of body cameras in Montreal.

She agreed the cameras could encourage both police officers and citizens to keep their behaviour “in check” and provide an additional account of how events transpired.

But in the last few weeks, many municipal police chiefs have pledged to revisit the tool. Outgoing Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders has said he’s trying to speed up the roll-out of the cameras following the death of 29-year-old Regis Korchinski-Paquet.

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In the UK, there are a wide range of body camera brands available from both domestic and international suppliers. There is no “best body camera” brand but the more expensive models used by the police tend to have higher prestige attached to them. These are Axon from the US and Reveal from the UK. These will also tend to include entire platforms with servers, docking stations and control modules rather than individual cameras.

A better approach than cameras, McClelland argued, would be to financially incentive police officers to not engage in excessive use of force, noting that police officers often get put on paid leave during investigations and are able to get rehired in other police services after getting fired, in some cases.

The body camera UK standard for mounting is KlickFast. KlickFast is a locking system developed by Peter Jones that was originally used for radios but is widely used for body cameras these days. It allows you to securely lock equipment to your uniform, harness or a surface and deploy it quickly.

“The reality is that having a camera pointed at individuals also affects their behaviour, their level of comfort with police and potentially the outcome of the interaction for the individual who’s in contact with police,” said Brenda McPhail, director of the association’s privacy, surveillance, and technology project.

Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, were wearing body cameras, McClelland noted.

A user is facing three people, one in the front and two on either side. If the lens angle is too narrow, they might not be able to capture footage of the two people on either side of them depending on how far away they are from centre. A wider-angle lens will mean that they have more ground to cover before they move out of shot.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday he wants the RCMP to use body-worn cameras and that he will push Canada’s premiers later this week “about the need to move forward on measures like body cameras” within provincial and municipal police services, too.

This is a matter of debate in the body camera development community. There three most common activation methods for body camera UK brands are front, side and top. This refers to where the record button is on the camera. Axon have historically put theirs on the front while Revel Media prefer side activation. In recent years, front activation has been gaining ground with newer models of the Partner adopting this method. Top activation has largely fell out of favour but there are still decent arguments for its relevance.

The cameras can help to document incidents of racism but they don’t “stop the underlying patterns of racism,” McClelland argued, citing another study on traffic stops out of Oakland.

“I also know from some experience that video evidence can be the best possible evidence to give us all and the public a better understanding of exactly what transpired,” Blair said.

This is particularly important if you choose to mount the body camera on one side of the body. In this situation, you will need a wide enough angle to be able to just cover the opposite side. This applies to holster style harnesses or docks that are sewn into a chest/shoulder position.

“The data is inconclusive to show that body cameras decrease violent incidents with police,” McClelland said, noting the data for Canada remains limited.

There are a lot of options within the KlickFast range including harnesses, docks, belt clips, loops and even some magnetic models. The important thing to remember is to ensure that the camera you intend to use them with comes with a KlickFast stud (male connector) or they will be incompatible.

The Calgary Police Service is so far the only major police force in the country that has equipped all its front-line officers with the tool. The police force implemented the service-wide roll out last year.

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Front activation tends to be easily accessed from most mounting locations on the body. This is the middle ground between the other two options.

When choosing body cameras, the most common mistake that most buyers make is obsessing over resolution. We get it, when choosing screens, monitors and phones, resolution is king. This is not the case in this situation. There is a direct trade-off between recording resolution, storage, frame rate, bit rate and battery life. If a camera can record in 1296p, 99.9% of the time you will not use that resolution. Depending on the battery and storage capacity, it might be operationally useless at that setting. The vast majority of cameras can record in 1080p but in practice, they will be used at 720p on a 12-hour shift. Your chosen resolution will depend on how much of a draw it has on the battery and its overall capacity. In short, don’t make decisions on cameras by how high the resolution is, chances are you will be running it at 720p/1080p anyway.

Some cameras such as the Pinnacles and Partner Body Worn come with KlickFast studs as standard. Hytera and Audax have accessories that make it compatible. These are normally sold separately.

Lens angle, sometimes called field of view, is extremely important when choosing body cameras for security officers, police or anyone who may need to move around while filming. Simply put, it is how far the lens stretches from one end to the other. The wider the lens angle, the greater the area that is recorded by the camera on either side of it.

Most decent cameras will come with an individual docks for your camera. When you hear people talk about docking stations, they will be referring to multi-docks. There is a wide variety in functionality between models but at its root, a docking station allows you to download and charge multiple cameras at the same time. Some docks will have built in storage to hold footage while others will be a computer in their own right, allowing you to manage recordings using a DEMS software.

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In Ottawa, where the head of the police union supports using body cameras, the police service said it will consider the tool in exploring ways “improve public trust.” Meanwhile, residents from Nova Scotia to British Columbia have signed petitions called for their police force to adopt the cameras.

IP ratings refer to “Ingress Protection”, how resistant a device is against foreign bodies entering it such as tools, dust and moisture. With most electronic devices, the important areas tested are dust and moisture. If they get into the device they cause wreak havoc quite quickly. We would advise against using lower than IP65 body cameras for security officers given the nature of their work. Higher IP ratings are available such as IP67 from higher-end body camera UK brands.

On Tuesday, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair — who formerly served as Toronto’s police chief — said the cameras can be useful.

Top activation tends to be better if the body camera is positioned anywhere on the body lower than the height of the elbow. This can apply to low hanging chest harnesses and belt docks.

Other police departments have piloted body-worn cameras but haven’t moved forward with their use. Some, like Toronto, did recommend their use, but others didn’t — like Montreal, who cited the cost.

• Storage (Memory) • Battery Life • Resolution • Frame Rate (FPS) • IP Rating • Low-Light/ Infra-red capabilities • Does it have encryption? • Does it have a screen? Do I need a screen? • How am I going to wear it? Clip, Dock, Harness? • What software does it come with?

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Nine times out of ten, you will not need a streaming camera. Please note that not all body cameras that use cloud storage are streaming, many use UCMs (Upload Control Modules) and other methods to simply store footage on the cloud rather than store them on a physical computer such as Pinnacle cameras.

One major study out of Washington, D.C. concluded that law enforcement agencies considering the use of body-worn cameras should not expect “large, department-wide improvements in outcomes.”

In Canada, calls for more body cameras have been directed at both local and national police following the death of a Toronto woman who fell from her balcony after officers were called to her apartment in late May, as well as the violent arrest of an Inuk man by an RCMP officer in Nunavut.

At the lower end you have low-cost Chinese cameras that are sold directly to the UK market by factories in China. These can normally be bought on Amazon or Ebay. They offer no customer or technical support and tend to be of lower quality than the ones above. They are much less expensive (generally under £100) but if damaged, they need to be replaced.

The short answer is yes. Under GDPR there are very stringent requirements on encryption for video recordings. The biggest issue you will have is if someone steals a camera with footage and then views it. This violates GDPR as you are required to take all reasonable steps to secure the data. While this is a must for a security company, many individual users choose not to use encrypted body cameras for cost reasons. We do not recommend that you do this if you are working professionally.

If you are only buying one or two devices, you probably do not need a multi-dock. If you are running cameras on a site with multiple units active at any time then it might be worth considering. If you are using 3 or more cameras without a multi-dock, you will end up with a lot of wires which can quickly clutter up an office.

Every camera that is available with come with some kind of clip, stud or mounting system. The most common are crocodile clips which while easy to use and fit to a wide range of uniforms, they are far less secure than other methods and tend to move around more which shows up in the footage.

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Side activation is trickier as it is easier to activate if it is on the far side of the arm that you use most often. For example, if it is a side activation on a camera that is mounted on the left shoulder, it is easier to use if the button is on the left side of the camera. If it is on the right side of a left mounted camera for a right-handed person, this can be uncomfortable due to the length of the arm and the angle that you must reach.

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While studies of body-worn cameras have been conducted globally, the data that’s out there is “inconclusive,” said Alexander McClelland, a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Ottawa’s department of criminology.

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Body Cameras have a lot of different names, body worn cameras, body worn CCTV, body worn portable DVR and more. At its core, they are video recording devices that are attached to the body and will record video clips when activated. They have become a legal requirement for many jobs in the UK including police and baliffs and are widely used by security, healthcare, local councils and pretty much anyone who is at risk of an altercation.

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The University of Toronto examined 10 camera experiments in six jurisdictions, mostly in the U.K., and found “no overall impact on police use of force,” on average.

McClelland added he’s also concerned that the information collected by the cameras could be “weaponized” against marginalized communities that have frequent run-ins with police and violate privacy rights. A study out of Montreal found the cameras didn’t improve people’s trust in police, he said.

Tracy Wing, whose son Riley Fairholm was shot and killed by Quebec provincial police in the Eastern Townships in 2018, said she favours wider police use of cameras — on dashboards at the very least.

Streaming cameras are body cameras that are continuously uploading in real-time. They will normally be connected to the internet via a sim card but in rare cases they can use WIFI if the site has an amazing connection.

Placement on the body will be the primary consideration. If you wear it in the centre of the chest, you limit the motion of your arms across the body. If you wear it on a shoulder, you greatly reduce visibility on the opposite side of your body. If you are left-handed, most shoulder harnesses are made for the left shoulder which means a lot of movement when doing manual activities. Belt placements reduce visibility upwards while head mounts reduce visibility downwards. Head mounts also cause a lot of movement as your head moves more than any other part of your body.

After this you have white label cameras and Transcend cameras. White label cameras are Chinese cameras that are given a western branding and supported by a company in the UK that offer technical advice and even repairs. They are sometimes bundled with a software that is designed by the British company to improve their user-interface and performance. Transcend cameras are low-cost models that are made by a well-known Taiwanese electronic manufacturer. They tend to be lower spec than many of the alternatives available but have Apps and software available to use with them.

Just west of the city, Peel Regional Police said last week they’ve kick-started a process to implement the cameras, citing recent events.

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In Montreal, renewed pressure is mounting on the city to equip police with body-worn cameras. Meanwhile, Quebec’s provincial police force bought 169 body cameras and 33 dashboard cameras three years ago but has yet to use them, as Global News reported on June 5.

There’s an “erosion of public trust” in police at this time and the cameras can only serve to “enhance” trust in law enforcement, Babineau said.

Babineau emphasized that body-worn cameras are “not a silver bullet” but said they’re one of a number of tools that police departments should be employing. He called for “over-arching” zero-tolerance policies on racial profiling within police agencies, from the recruitment to pension phases.

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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association also said it has “serious questions” about the privacy implications of the cameras, citing their potential use in people’s homes or during mental health calls in which individuals might be in distress.

That said, Babineau emphasized that “very rigorous policy” needs to govern the use of the cameras, including whether they remain on at all times or are automatically triggered on and off.

Recent violent and fatal incidents involving police in Canada and the United States have prompted louder calls for more widespread use of body cameras by police in order to combat alleged brutality and racism.

The cameras aren’t widely used in Canada at this time, but advocates and policy experts have mixed reviews on how effective they’d be if deployed more extensively.

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But experts remain at odds over whether those cameras will improve transparency and accountability in police interactions with civilians.

Body cameras for security officers are a lot less expensive and tend to be self-contained (not requiring huge amounts of extras and ongoing fees). There are a wide number of brands available for this purpose, the most commonly used by security companies are The Partner, Pinnacle and Edesix. These will be of similar spec to the Axons and Reveals but not be as deeply integrated with live platforms. Most of them will have an additional Digital Evidence Management Software (DEMS) available for them.

“I think we’ve come to a point now where those in decision making positions are actually listening and that is, to me, a watershed moment,” Babineau said.

There are a few things you need to look at when choosing body cameras for security officers or for the public at large. The main areas will be: