# Police Body Cams **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955 "2023-09-11T22:50:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955/8 "2023-09-12T17:42:35Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Do the officers, or their departments, forget about the body cam? This, IMHO: > [@Taking a cop's word in law enforcement incidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-cops-word-in-law-enforcement-incidents/695717/63): > > There’s a somewhat famous case out of Hollywood, Florida, in which a veteran officer with a history of damaging his patrol car rearended a parked car and decided to arrest that driver rather than taking the blame and getting in trouble yet again. That officer got two other veteran officers and a departmental civilian employee to back him up. > > Luckliy for that driver, [the officers forgot that the dash-cam was on](http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Cops-Set-Up-Woman-After-Crash.html). All four have since been fired.   --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955)._