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Originally Posted by Titan
Do we have 24/7 bodycams yet? If no, why not?
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IIRC, they had enough for every front line officer and were working on building up a surplus, then COVID hit and they had to reassign a bunch of people forward and don't have enough for everyone again.
Police cameras are not 24/7 though, nor do I feel they ever will be. There are simply too many situations an officer can get into (yes, good and bad) where an always-on camera wouldn't be appropriate.
Here's the older 'front line officers have them' article I was thinking of:
https://globalnews.ca/news/5766999/c...ras-permanent/
Here's a newer one with some numbers:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...cord-1.5610474
Here's the one with some officers complaining about not having body cams:
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...a-distribution