December 18, 2014
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan Tuesday to equip 7,000 Los Angeles police officers with on-body cameras by next summer, making LA’s police department the nation’s largest law enforcement agency to move forward with such an ambitious expansion of the …
December 15, 2014
Police agencies around central Kentucky are gearing up to equip their officers with body cameras. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Berea police already use them, and Richmond is in the midst of a trial. University of Kentucky police are finishing a …
November 4, 2014
Athens-Clarke County, Ga., police officers recently added a new gizmo to their array of equipment – a camera that sees what the officers see. With the cameras attached to officers’ eye wear, the video footage they capture allows investigators to …
October 8, 2014
Memphis’ mayor is asking the consultant who is helping the Tennessee city buy video cameras for police car dashboards to also look into purchasing body cameras for officers. According to The Commercial Appeal, Mayor A C Wharton Jr. says that …
September 11, 2014
A Baton Rouge Metro Councilwoman says she wants city police to join the ranks of New Orleans, Thibodaux and other police departments across the country that are using body cameras to increase officer accountability. Louisiana Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle tells …
August 27, 2014
Terrebonne Parish Council has approved buying body cameras for all Houma police officers. Chief Todd Duplantis called it a win-win situation. As part of the purchase of 84 body cameras, the council approved on Monday a five-year, $125,470 technology contract …