Submitted by Eleanor Alice Mary White on Sunday 15th February 2026
Published on Tuesday 31st March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 30th September 2026
Current Signatures: 30
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Assist ~ Assisted ~ Bodies ~ Cameras ~ country ~ Detained ~ Ensure ~ Families ~ Forced ~ hospitality ~ Mandate ~ mentalhealth ~ NHS ~ NHS staff ~ Officers ~ Oversight ~ Physics ~ Police ~ police officer ~ Promoting ~ Protecting ~ Safer ~ Staff ~ The Police ~ training
Require police officers to wear body cameras during health-related detentions
The police regularly attend health crises and assist with admissions in hospitals across the country. People may be detained for mental health reasons while also having serious physical health conditions. Body cameras are not always activated, which may leave gaps in accountability and protection.
We call on the Government to mandate all police officers to wear body cameras for all health-related detentions, including hospital admissions, to protect families, NHS staff and officers. Recordings could improve transparency, support complaints investigations and promote safer, more empathetic responses. National guidance should ensure consistent use, training and oversight relating to body cameras across forces.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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