Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evidence discovered

Re:Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evi... by w458cmau on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @05:18AM (#14898948)

Is it not always actively recording and it's just that it overwrites once it is about to run out of space unless footage is marked for read-only?

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Re:Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evi... by sgk284 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:03AM (#14899168)

The batteries only last a handful of hours so officers turn them on as necessary (also most police unions lobby for this ability). It's unfortunate but it's the current reality.

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Re:Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evi... by dghf on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:25AM (#14899258)

So how do they, as the article says, "retain footage 30 seconds before an officer presses the record button"?

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Re:Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evi... by honestoHeminway on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @08:41AM (#14900010)

The permanently record, but do not permanently store. So if a button is pressed, they store 30 seconds of pre-recorded footage.

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Re:Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evi... by syshum on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:21AM (#14899234)

Most police body cam models have batteries that last for 12 hours of recording, enough to record an entire shift

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