Officer Wore Camera During Utah Man's Shooting A Utah officer was wearing a body camera during the fatal police shooting of sword-wielding man in September, but the camera was not switched on, Utah authorities said Friday. The department was experimenting with the cameras but they were inexpensive models not designed for police work and were cumbersome to turn on and off, Owen Jackson, a spokesman for the city of Saratoga Springs, said Friday. Rachel Sykes, an attorney for the family of 22-year-old Darrien Hunt, said it's concerning that law enforcement officials did not disclose the cameras when they ruled earlier this month that the shooting was justified. "We certainly think it's outrageous that the police department did not release this information until now," she said. Police and prosecutors did not mention the body camera previously, but the detail was revealed in a police report obtained Thursday by attorneys for the Hunt family. Jackson said he did not know specifics about the officer's use of the camera, but police Chief Andrew Burton told KUTV that the officer had only been on the job for a month and forgot to switch on his camera during the confrontation with Hunt. Burton did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press on Friday. Hunt was carrying a samurai sword as part of a Japanese anime costume when police encountered him at a shopping center in Saratoga Springs on Sept. Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman said Hunt refused to give up the 3-foot metal sword as officers requested and instead swung it toward them. Buhman said the officers feared Hunt was seconds away from hurting someone and they shot at him again. He died at the scene. Hunt's family contends the shooting was not justified, arguing that Hunt was treated differently because of his race. Hunt was black, and the two officers involved were white. Earlier this week, the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP announced a formal request that the U.S. Department of Justice review the shooting. Hunt's family is also preparing a wrongful-death and civil-rights lawsuit, which Sykes expects will be filed within a week. The family is calling for the release of all evidence related to the shooting, Sykes said. Burton told KUTV that the ongoing investigation had barred him from disclosing the cameras earlier. Officers had been testing the $85 cameras for about three months but they had unreliable batteries and recording troubles, he said. Jackson said the department has since received high-quality cameras designed for police work that were paid for by a grant. The police department is in the process of issuing them to officers, he said.