Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWCPIP)
Program owner: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Summary: BJA funding for law enforcement agencies, including tribal law enforcement, seeking to pilot, establish, or enhance body-worn camera policies and implementation practices. The source expressly identifies purchase or lease of camera technology as a use of BWCPIP funds.
The Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWCPIP), part of BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Partnership Program, assists law enforcement agencies, including tribal law enforcement, with piloting, establishing, or enhancing body-worn camera policies and implementation practices.
BWCPIP funds are used to purchase or lease camera technology, with devices deployed deliberately under a strong policy framework. The program also addresses equipment deployment and maintenance, data storage and access, privacy, training, impact tracking, digital evidence management, and stakeholder input. Publicly funded correctional agencies that perform law enforcement functions are eligible.
The supplied overview does not provide a solicitation number, award amounts, application instructions, or deadlines.
Who is eligible?
Applicant types: Law enforcement agencies, including tribal law enforcement agencies, and publicly funded correctional agencies that perform law enforcement functions.
Law enforcement agencies seeking to pilot, establish, or enhance body-worn camera policy and implementation practices. Publicly funded correctional agencies are eligible when they perform law enforcement functions.
What can the funding be used for?
Purchase or lease of body-worn camera technology. The program also addresses deliberate deployment, equipment maintenance, data storage and access, privacy, training, impact tracking, digital evidence management, and stakeholder input, but the overview does not establish that every such activity is independently reimbursable.
Program contact
BWC Team
Official sources
- Official grant source checked August 29, 2026
Grant details can change. Confirm all requirements on the official source before applying.
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