Why some police departments are dropping their body camera programs

By: P.R. Lockhart, vox.com

There’s an ongoing conversation in the US about police violence against black men and women, and police body cameras — which are meant to increase accountability and help rebuild community trust — are often touted as part of the solution.

However, several police departments now say they are moving away from body cameras, arguing that the programs are too expensive to maintain.

A recent report from the Washington Post notes that a number of police departments, many of them small agencies employing 50 officers or fewer, have either dropped existing body camera programs or scrapped plans to launch new ones.

Full story: https://www.vox.com/2019/1/24/18196097/police-body-cameras-storage-cost-washington-post