(Trinidad Express) Some police officers are expected to be outfitted with body cameras beginning later this month, acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams said on Thursday.
The implementation of body cameras for police officers was one of the recommendations made by former director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Gillian Lucky as the PCA sought to address the raging issue of police killings. For the year so far, 34 people have been killed by police, according to an Express count.During a brief telephone interview yesterday, Williams said the Police Service had already acquired 40 of those body cameras that will be put into use sometime later this month.
Williams said those 40 cameras will be first be tested over a period of time to determine if additional cameras should be purchased, based on how they operate.
