Methodology
EDITORIAL &
CLASSIFICATION POLICY
Last reviewed August 18, 2026
Source selection
Lenswatch indexes a defined list of public YouTube channels that regularly publish body-camera footage, police incident video, interviews, interrogations, or true-crime case coverage. Inclusion does not imply endorsement.
Titles and descriptions
Video titles and source descriptions originate with the YouTube publisher. Lenswatch may shorten a description for display, but it does not rewrite a publisher’s factual claims. Each page identifies the publisher and links to the original upload.
Categories
Categories are assigned from words and phrases found in a video’s title, description, and publisher tags. They are navigation aids only. A category such as “Arrest,” “Use of Force,” or “Homicide / Major Crime” does not establish guilt, legality, or the final outcome of an incident.
Updates and removals
Public channel data is checked daily. If a publisher changes metadata, restricts embedding, makes a video private, or removes it, Lenswatch updates what it can observe through the YouTube Data API. Removed and private videos are not kept in the active public catalog.
Graphic content
The catalog may contain violence, injury, death, arrests, and people in crisis. A content notice appears for new browsing sessions. Lenswatch does not use sensational categories or descriptions created solely to intensify graphic material.