West Midlands Police to live-stream body cam footage

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The force is the first in the UK to switch on the live function on its body-worn cameras.

A police force has become the first UK force to switch on live-streaming on its body-worn cameras.

When activated, commanders or specialists elsewhere can log in to see what is happening and offer advice, or deploy reinforcements when necessary. "We'll be looking at using it in areas where we have people in crisis, so that we can get the right advice and help there, but actually as officers start to use this I think more and more ideas will come in to make us more efficient and better."

In one, an officer was able to show forensic officers the scene of a stabbing, so they were able to assess the situation and decide which areas needing searching before specialist teams arrived.

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