Bodycam Review: Rooftop Pool Dispute Ends in Felony Battery Arrest
The Setup: Night, Location, and Context The bodycam opens mid-argument. An officer asks the simplest question—“What’s going on?”—and gets anything but a simple answer. The woman says the man is trying to look like a “good guy.” He says she…
Bodycam Review: Custody Call Turns to Trespass, Resistance, and a Hard Night
The Setup: Night, Location, and Context The clip opens with what sounds like a straightforward welfare request: a mother calls police to help retrieve her 13-year-old son. Within seconds, the officers do two essential things—ask whether she called and ask…
I-74 Neighborhood Call: Detention, a Dog Named Zorro, and a Long Night
The Setup: Night, Location, and Context This bodycam clip opens with a routine approach that gets complicated fast. Officers arrive to reports of a disturbance involving a woman and her dog. The woman is agitated. Asked what’s going on, she…
I-74 Bodycam Review: The Night “It Wasn’t a Deer”
I-74 Bodycam Review: The Night “It Wasn’t a Deer” It starts like a hundred other bodycam clips: a confused driver, flashing lights bouncing off broken glass, officers speaking in calm, even tones to keep a chaotic scene from boiling over….