Hamilton Police asking $15.5M for body-worn cameras for officers
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CHCH— Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. After years of debate over body-worn cameras in Hamilton police are now asking for $15.5 million to begin phasing them into service. Police Chief Frank Bergen said Hamilton Police have studied body-worn cameras since 2014 and believe now is the time to bring them on as they roll out new measures and data regarding hate […]
Main Line Media News—Pennsylvania State Police announce Media station, rest of Troop K, now equipped with body-worn cameras. Vehicles are outfitted with cameras as well, and in-vehicle laptops monitor them all. Mother of 18-year-old shot dead on I-95 by a trooper last year calls it “a step in the right direction.&#
www.lowellsun.com—Editorial: Benefits of police body cameras well worth the expense. In the nationwide atmosphere of heightened scrutiny on the performance of police officers, the Lowell Police Department launched a body-camera pilot program last April that equipped 30 officers – 10 on each shift – with those devices. As part of this initial introduction, then-interim Police Superintendent Barry Golner said the plan was to rotate the […]
KUTV—Santaquin police officer identified after fatally struck in I-15 hit-and-run with semi. A Santaquin police officer who died after he was struck by a semi-truck on I-15 has been identified as Sgt. Bill Hooser.