All front-line Calgary police to wear cameras by early 2017
原始发布日期： 2015-11-26 发布者：虫子字变大 字变小
Officers to activate cameras when responding to a call or investigating an emergent situation Staff Sgt. Todd Robertson shows off the body cameras that all front-line Calgary Police Service members will wear by the beginning of 2017. (Monty Kruger/CBC) All front-line officers will wear video cameras on their bodies as part of their uniforms by the end of 2016 or early 2017, the Calgary Police Service says.Officials announced the new timeframe Thursday, after completing a test of the body-worn cameras on a small group of officers working in District 1 and on traffic duty. The service plans to evaluate the footage and policies surrounding the cameras for the next two months before beginning to add the cameras to more uniforms. 
Const. Ottis Scott-Sabula and Const. Trevor Marquis are both equipped with the new technology. (Monty Kruger/CBC) Under the current policy, officers are to activate the cameras when responding to a call or when they come across an incident requiring investigation.Officers are also permitted to shut off the cameras at their discretion but will be expected to justify their decisions to record or not record a particular situation. Police are holding a news conference this afternoon to further explain the process, and released this video online with more information: |