It really comes down to what their purpose is and how they're used in reality. Ostensibly, we are told they are used for police transparency and accountability,

It really comes down to what their purpose is and how they're used in reality. Ostensibly, we are told they are used for police transparency and accountability, but is that really the case? One 2016 study found that 92.6 percent of prosecutors' offices nationally in jurisdictions where police wear body cameras have used that footage as evidence in cases against private citizens, while just 8.3 percent have used it to prosecute police officers. [0] In any case, they definitely are "surveillance" technology, which is the language EFF uses [1] (the usage of "spy tech" in the headline is editorialized). 0 - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/body-cameras-are-seen-as-key-to-police-reform-but-do-they-increase-accountability https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/body-cameras-are-seen-... 1 - As in the "Atlas of Surveillance" https://atlasofsurveillance.org/ https://atlasofsurveillance.org/