The hidden costs of police body-worn cameras

It is indisputable that the proliferation of body-worn camera programs will greatly increase police budgets.

Although body-worn camera technology is still relatively new to policing, it will be some time before we determine the efficacy and long-term costs associated with these devices, writes Christopher J. Schneider. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER

May 24, 2023

The RCMP has announced that it will deploy around 300 body-worn cameras during its field-testing phase of the devices in select detachments across the country. The field test is the final stage that will be “

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