Police launch use of body cameras in north Wichita

Body cameras have emerged as a rare point of agreement between reform advocates and law enforcement officials, and in December, President Barack Obama announced a million initiative to help departments cover the costs of expanding their programs. Complaints from the public also dropped, from.

Beginning today, every sworn member of the Cedar Park Police Department will be equipped with an L3 mobile-vision body worn camera.

“We found that we shared a commitment to be as transparent as possible in the use of body warn cameras, while still balancing other important values, public values such as safety, integrity of criminal investigations and privacy rights”, said Interim Deputy Chief Gavin Seiler. According to Jennings, most officers didn’t feel burdened by the body cameras.

A new study from the University of South Florida indicates that body-worn cameras on law enforcement officers are an effective tool in reducing the number of use of force incidents.

Milwaukee’s Fire and Police Commission has voted 4-1 to make uniformed officers and patrol sergeants wear the devices at all times while on duty – but they don’t always have to be turned on. Jennings, who is also associate chair of USF’s Department of Criminology said the officers’ were initially skeptical that the cameras would impact their own behavior or citizen behavior, but that after the study, that perception changed. Patrol North officers will be wearing and operating these within the next week and a half.

Orlando Police Chief John Mina supports this push, and he’s getting help in the form of a roughly 0,000 federal grant for the equipment.

“I think they’re very beneficial” for both officers and civilians, Baird said.

“There’s no telling what may happen when I step out of my vehicle”, he said.

“The reality is, we have people that accuse our officers of a wide variety of things”. “We now have video and audio information that shares that and not “he said she said” any more”.