Police Officer Fired For Failing To Turn On Body Camera, this might give us some light as to what could happen with cops using these body cameras. This year it a report(from the department of justice) stated that the Albuquerque police department was the worst in the country when it came to civil rights & excessive force, and forced that PD to wear body cameras. Back in April, while wearing a body camera, looks like police officer Jeremy Dear failed to turn on his body camera.