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Whatever the matter, the case is in the footage.

From an arrest to a custodial interrogation to a 911 call, BodyCam Analytics turns the recordings in your case into searched, flagged, ready-to-use evidence. Open any matter below to see what that looks like.

Criminal prosecution

Matters that turn on a recording

From the first stop to the cell — the footage that proves the case. BodyCam Analytics surfaces what you need to charge it, corroborate your officers, and present it.

The arrest video is your corroboration — it fixes when the defendant was in custody, what they said, and that the stop and any force were lawful. BodyCam Analytics pins each of those to the second, so the record backs your officer and your charges.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • Every statement the defendant made, timestamped — admissions and spontaneous utterances you can put in front of a jury.
  • The moment custody began and when Miranda was given — so the statements you intend to use come in clean.
  • Use of force shown in context — the resistance, threat, or noncompliance that preceded and justified it.
  • The officer's commands and the defendant's response — compliance, flight, or resistance, on the record.
  • The basis the officer stated on camera for the arrest — corroborating the report and the charging decision.
Review questions to attach
When was the defendant in custody, and was Miranda given before any questioning?
What admissions or statements did the defendant make, and when?
What conduct by the defendant preceded any use of force?

Possession cases turn on the search — and the footage shows it was lawful. BodyCam Analytics fixes when probable cause was articulated, how consent was given, and what was in plain view — the record that defeats a suppression motion and keeps the evidence in.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • The probable cause the officer articulated on camera — stated before the search began.
  • Consent to search requested and given, in the exact words used — to meet a suppression challenge head-on.
  • What was genuinely in plain view before any search — establishing the lawful basis for the seizure.
  • Each item seized — shown, photographed, or collected on camera — supporting the chain of custody.
  • Any questioning of the defendant, and that it followed Miranda — so statements about the drugs come in.
Review questions to attach
What probable cause did the officer state, and when, relative to the search?
Was consent requested, and what exactly did the defendant say?
What was visible in plain view before the search began?

A pursuit shows consciousness of guilt and sets up everything that follows. The dashcam footage and the radio traffic give you the whole timeline — the flight, the conduct during it, and the lawful stop at the end.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • A scene-by-scene visual transcript of the pursuit — the defendant's flight, maneuvers, and the danger created.
  • The radio traffic — when a supervisor authorized the pursuit and any order to continue or terminate it, on the record.
  • The driving conduct during the flight — the reckless acts and offenses committed in the course of it.
  • The decision points: when the pursuit began, escalated, and ended.
  • The stop or termination and everything that followed — force, commands, arrest — documented in sequence.
Review questions to attach
When did the defendant begin to flee, and how did they drive during the pursuit?
Was the pursuit authorized and supervised on the radio?
What offenses occurred during the flight itself?

What happens inside a jail or holding facility is recorded too — and it builds cases: assaults on staff or other inmates, contraband, and statements made in custody. BodyCam Analytics documents the cell, the corridor, and the intake area to the second.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • A scene-by-scene account of an in-custody incident — who was present, who did what, and in what order.
  • An assault, a weapon, contraband, or use of force — auto-flagged the moment it appears.
  • Statements made during intake and booking — and the condition the defendant was in.
  • The timeline of the incident, corroborating the staff reports.
  • Recorded calls and common-area audio that capture admissions.
Review questions to attach
What happened in the minutes around the incident, and who started it?
Was a weapon or contraband involved, and is it visible on camera?
What did the defendant say during intake, booking, or a recorded call?

DV cases are won in the first minutes and have to survive a recanting victim. The 911 call and the bodycam hold the excited utterances, the visible injuries, and the first account — so you can prosecute on the evidence, not on the victim's later willingness to testify.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • The 911 call, transcribed verbatim — the initial report, ready to offer.
  • Excited utterances and present-sense impressions at the scene — flagged with how they were elicited, for your hearsay-exception and forfeiture arguments.
  • The scene on the officers' arrival — visible injuries, the demeanor of each person, the condition of the home.
  • Every statement attributed to a speaker and timestamped — the victim's first account, locked in.
  • Inconsistencies between the scene account and any later recantation.
Review questions to attach
What did the victim say at the scene, in their own words?
What injuries and conditions were visible when officers arrived?
What excited utterances were made, and what prompted them?

A recorded interview is a witness's first account — and you can hold them to it. BodyCam Analytics turns every interview into a searchable, quotable transcript you can use to prepare the witness and corroborate the case.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • A diarized, verbatim transcript of every interview — each question and each answer.
  • The exact words a witness used — locked in for trial prep, and to rehabilitate them if their account shifts.
  • Identifications, descriptions, and key facts — pulled out and searchable.
  • Corroboration across witnesses — search, or ask the footage directly, to see where accounts line up.
  • Any inconsistency you will want to address before the defense does.
Review questions to attach
What did this witness say about the key facts, in their own words?
What did the witness identify or describe?
Where do the witnesses corroborate — or conflict with — one another?

A custodial interrogation is the highest-value recording in the file — and whether the confession comes in turns on details only the footage holds. BodyCam Analytics documents the warning, the waiver, and the statement.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • The Miranda warning — its exact wording, when it was given relative to questioning, and the defendant's knowing waiver.
  • Every admission and statement the defendant made, verbatim and timestamped — ready to present.
  • That questioning stopped on any invocation — defeating a suppression claim before it is made.
  • The defendant's condition and demeanor over time — showing the statement was voluntary.
  • The full interview indexed, so you can jump straight to the key admissions.
Review questions to attach
Was Miranda given in full, and did the defendant waive it before questioning?
What admissions did the defendant make, and at what point?
Did the defendant invoke, and did questioning stop?

Theft, robbery, and assault cases are proven on surveillance video. BodyCam Analytics reads the footage scene by scene so you can establish identity, build the timeline, and show the act itself.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • A scene-by-scene description of what the footage depicts — the act, captured.
  • The timestamps and timeline — to establish the sequence of events and rebut an alibi.
  • Descriptions of clothing, build, and distinguishing features — to support identification.
  • Every person and action in frame, so nothing in a long recording is missed.
  • The clips worth presenting, found fast and ready to bookmark.
Review questions to attach
Does the footage show the defendant committing the act?
What is the exact timeline of events on the recording?
What identifying features are visible?

A DUI case is proven on the recording. Dashcam and bodycam capture the driving that justified the stop, every field sobriety test, and the whole roadside encounter — an objective record that corroborates the officer and shows the impairment.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • The driving before the stop and the officer's stated basis for it — establishing reasonable suspicion.
  • Every field sobriety test, with the officer's instructions transcribed verbatim — documenting that procedure was followed.
  • The signs of impairment on camera — balance, speech, coordination, and admissions.
  • The defendant's statements and any refusal — timestamped and ready to use.
  • The conditions of the stop, corroborating the officer's report.
Review questions to attach
What was the stated basis for the stop, and what driving preceded it?
How did the defendant perform on the field sobriety tests?
What signs of impairment, statements, or refusals were captured?

Before any search or arrest there is a stop — and the footage shows the officer had reasonable suspicion to make it. It captures what the officer saw, said, and did as the detention began — the basis that holds the evidence in.

What BodyCam Analytics surfaces
  • The moments before the stop — what the officer could actually observe, supporting reasonable suspicion.
  • The reasons the officer stated, on camera, for the stop — and exactly when.
  • The frisk and what justified it — and anything recovered, shown on camera.
  • The defendant's conduct during the detention — furtive movements, flight, or admissions.
  • A clean timeline of the detention that meets a suppression challenge.
Review questions to attach
What did the officer observe and state as the basis for the stop?
Was a frisk conducted, and what justified it?
What was recovered, and what conduct preceded it?
The common thread

Every matter, the same workflow.

Whatever the case, you upload the footage, attach up to five plain-language review questions, and get back two synced transcripts with the responsive moments — and nineteen events of interest — flagged. Then search it, ask it questions, and bookmark what you will use.

Put your next case file to the test.

Upload the footage from any case you are working and see what BodyCam Analytics surfaces.

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