QUESTION
Are officers required to wear body worn cameras, and what actions are taken if they don't?
3:59:58
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34 sec
Officers are required to wear body worn cameras, and failure to do so is addressed as a training issue.
- Council Member Sandy Nurse highlights a report showing fewer than half of incidents were recorded due to officers not wearing cameras.
- Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie confirms officers must wear body cameras during shifts.
- The lack of compliance is being looked into as a training issue with ADC Johnson's team.
- When inquired about actions against non-compliant officers, the Commissioner was unable to provide details but promised to follow up.
Sandy Nurse
3:59:58
The the BOC report, this report also noted that fewer than half of the incidents were captured on body worn cameras because stuff were not wearing them.
4:00:08
So our offers required to be wearing body worn cameras during their shifts.
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
4:00:12
Yes.
4:00:12
They are, and we are looking into that in terms of a training point with ADC Johnson and his team.
Sandy Nurse
4:00:19
Okay.
4:00:20
And what actions were taken in response to officers who were found not to be wearing that during some of these instances?
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
4:00:26
Again, I don't have all the information with respect to that report, but we can follow-up with you afterwards.