Is your police force wearing body cameras?

Vocativ reached out to police departments in the 100 biggest U.S. cities to determine who's using body cam technology. While the numbers are increasing, cops still have to turn on the cams for them to work.

Body cameras
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In the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri, the issues of racial discrimination, police brutality and the militarization of local police forces have inspired debates that are playing out loudly across the country.

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