Body Cam: Behind the Badge
Unpredictable threats. Split-second decisions. Life on the front lines of policing in America. Through the expert eyes of former FBI Tactical Instructor, Greg Shaffer, Bodycam: Behind the Badge unpacks the real-life critical decisions officers make to minimise harm to civilians, and themselves, while trying to bring dangerous suspects safely under control. Visceral bodycam footage shows the tactics deployed by officers as they face deadly shooters, fugitives who use vehicles as weapons, and unpredictable and ruthless criminals. What are the tell-tale signs that warn officers that a suspect is a threat? How do officers assess the odds, and how do they choose whether to follow or ignore their training to protect themselves and innocent bystanders?
- 2019-2019
- 1 season
- Investigation Discovery
- Documentary
Unpredictable threats. Split-second decisions. Life on the front lines of policing in America. Through the expert eyes of former FBI Tactical Instructor, Greg Shaffer, Bodycam: Behind the Badge unpacks the real-life critical decisions officers make to minimise harm to civilians, and themselves, while trying to bring dangerous suspects safely under control. Visceral bodycam footage shows the tactics deployed by officers as they face deadly shooters, fugitives who use vehicles as weapons, and unpredictable and ruthless criminals. What are the tell-tale signs that warn officers that a suspect is a threat? How do officers assess the odds, and how do they choose whether to follow or ignore their training to protect themselves and innocent bystanders?
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
On the Run
Tue, Feb 26, 2019
After her arrest a suspected shoplifter steals a police car and flees in a high-speed pursuit: a man with a grudge and an AK47 ambushes an officer, takes his cruiser and starts a deadly game of bluff. Former FBI Tactical Instructor, unpacks how officers can contain deadly threats.
Episode 2
Lifeline
Tue, Mar 5, 2019
Episode 3
Spencer + Hood, Aleman, Rosado
Tue, Mar 12, 2019
A routine stop for a broken taillight escalates into a frantic car chase and deadly shootout in Sioux City, Iowa. A call to a domestic dispute on a Sunday morning in a quiet Deltona, Florida suburb is usually just a marital disagreement settled with a few calming words. This time it spirals out of control as a shooter holds his family hostage and pins the officers down with heavy gauge gunfire. The pressure is on to save his wife and children and apprehend the suspect without triggering a tragic end. A rookie officer stops to check out a man walking along a busy highway in Ohio. The pedestrian has a dark secret, and suddenly lunges at the officer with a hunting knife, forcing him to back into the speeding traffic. The tense stand-off presents a severe dilemma to the officer - which will call for lethal measures if back-up doesn't arrive. In Body Cam: Behind the Badge former FBI Tactical Instructor, Greg Shaffer, unpacks how officers' training prepares them to assess and contain the deadliest threats.
Episode 4
Bunsey, Shoemaker, Orr
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
The deadliest hazards to officers can be surprising. A stolen SUV terrorizes vehicles off the streets of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and turns into an unlikely but lethal weapon. An officer in pursuit thinks he has the runaway cornered in an elementary school yard, but the vehicle speeds out, straight towards him. In Davenport, Iowa, officers try to follow a stolen pick-up truck through a dust cloud on a gravel road and find the fugitive has switched vehicles and is fleeing in a hijacked garbage truck. Ahead, the police chief sets up a road block but the truck blasts straight over a spike strip, through his car, and leaves the officer fighting for his life. In the quiet town of Estill, South Carolina an officer investigating a disturbance at a liquor store, talks to the suspect, who shoots him without warning at point blank range. In Body Cam: Behind the Badge former FBI Tactical Instructor, Greg Shaffer, unpacks how officers' training prepares them to assess and contain the deadliest threats - the ones that come without warning.