A portmanteau slang term for a body camera worn by a police officer — a device that records video and audio footage of police interactions.
A portmanteau slang term for a body camera worn by a police officer — a device that records video and audio footage of police interactions. Copcam entered wider use as body-worn camera policies expanded across US and UK police forces and became a central issue in policing accountability debates.
The defence attorney requested the copcam footage from the night of the arrest.
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(slang, derogatory) A member of the grammar police.
(slang) Resembling a cop; policelike.
(US, slang) A police officer who patrols the streets on foot (walks the beat).
(UK, police, slang) An undercover police officer tasked with infiltrating a politically active group which is deemed to pose a risk of criminal activity, so as to allow the police to monitor the group's activities on an ongoing basis.
(slang) A body camera worn by a police officer.