''Police POV'' is an American

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that originally aired on

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and shows

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in action from a unique perspective: as if the viewer is watching the action through the eyes of the police officer (or from their Point of View.) While it is common practice for police activities to be recorded for training purposes or to be used in a

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, the act is most often performed with fixed cameras mounted on the

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of a police vehicle or through the use of a

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holding a hand-held camera. ''Police POV'' instead uses headset-style cameras called an AXON camera with the recording lens close enough to the wearer's eye to give the viewer a direct

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of the events. The show featured officers from the

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, Fort Smith, and

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police departments.

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* at TruTV.com 2011 American television series debuts 2010s American reality television series Documentary television series about policing TruTV original programming {{US-reality-tv-stub