{"id":2431,"date":"2023-01-23T19:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T19:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/?page_id=2431"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:33:59","slug":"body-worn-cameras-public-notice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/about\/body-worn-cameras-public-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Worn Cameras Public Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Union County Sheriff\u2019s Office is providing public notice in accordance <em>with New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Directive 2021-5<\/em> that Body Worn Camera technology is deployed for use by both unformed and plainclothes Sheriff\u2019s Officers.&nbsp; Body Worn Cameras, or \u201cBWCs\u201d provide valuable evidence for investigations and trials.&nbsp; They also document calls for service, interviews and encounters between law enforcement and the communities we serve.&nbsp; This promotes both transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally, a BWC will be placed in the chest area on the outermost garment of an officer.&nbsp; A picture of the BWC currently in use by the UCSO, <strong>the Axon Body <\/strong>3, is included below along with a picture of a typical placement for a uniformed officer.&nbsp; BWCs have been in use by designated units of the UCSO since January of 2016, with full deployment to all sworn Sheriff\u2019s Officers to be completed in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/prosecutor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/Axon-BWC3-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"17729\" src=\"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/prosecutor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/Axon-BWC3-1.png\" alt=\"Axon bodycam \" class=\"wp-image-17729\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-tw-rounded-corners\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/prosecutor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/IMG_7311-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"17731\" src=\"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/prosecutor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/IMG_7311-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Axon body cam mounted onto a Sheriff's officer uniform\" class=\"wp-image-17731\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union County Sheriff\u2019s Office is providing public notice in accordance with New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Directive 2021-5 that Body Worn Camera technology is deployed for use by both unformed and plainclothes Sheriff\u2019s Officers.&nbsp; Body Worn Cameras, or \u201cBWCs\u201d provide valuable evidence for investigations and trials.&nbsp; They also document calls for service,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":393,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2431","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1970-01-01 00:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2431\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}