Picture of the Day: South Korean Police to Use Body Cams for the First Time

Body cam deployed for S. Korean police for 1st time

This photo, taken on May 25, 2015, shows a body camera mounted on a police officer from a police station in the southwestern city of Gunsan. Body cameras are those mounted on the front of a uniform and set to record an officer’s law enforcement of crime scenes. The Gunsan police have deployed four body cameras for the first time in South Korea, as part of its efforts to apprehend criminals interfering with their execution of duties and procurement of assault and robbery evidence. (Yonhap)

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flyingsword
9 years ago

Wouldn’t the camera show sleeping police men? That is all i see the korean police do…

Dave
Dave
9 years ago

Flyingsward, my exact thoughts when I read this. What are the cameras really going to capture? How much more the Korean police DON’T do?

Leon LaPorte
9 years ago

“set to record an officer’s law enforcement of crime scenes.”

It will not be on most of the time. 😉

The Koreans win again. ‘Merica!

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
9 years ago

That looks suspiciously like a $130 consumer-grade GoPro Hero.

Isn’t there some kind of law enforcement supply outfit run by former law enforcement they can buy some slightly worse cameras in tactical-black SWAT-grade combat-ready ballistic-composite housings for a thousand to two thousand dollars each?

MTB Rider
9 years ago

It’s a pilot program, CH. They will somehow “break” one during the testing phase, which will give them their justification for buying the TBSGCRBC housings.

I mean, you can’t just slap down a purchase voucher for expensive toys right away. You have to sort of ease it in, THEN hit them for the big money.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
9 years ago

Camera use should be bigger
to document crimes with more vigor.
Korean cops will be brave
and their courage won’t cave
when they confront the girl-groping African.

Leon LaPorte
9 years ago

MTBRider, as I’ve worked with the ROK’s quite a bit, I can tell you their procurement on the military side doesn’t work like ours (US). I can easily imagine the police are even more frugal. I haven’t seen Korean police driving MRAPS or serving no-knock warrants in full battle gear. The Korean public, considering history, would never stand for it.

tbonetylr
tbonetylr
9 years ago

Americans act better when they know they’re being video-taped, for some reason we’ll see more entertainment(bad behavior) from the S. Koreans considering land mass/population.

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