St. Louis County Council Gives Initial OK To Police Body Cameras
The St. Louis County Police Department is closer to having its officers use body cameras.
The St. Louis County Council gave initial approval Tuesday night to bills cementing a five-year agreement with Utility Associates Inc. County officers would get newer technology over the life of the roughly $5 million deal — as well as cameras that will be in police cars.
Police Chief Jon Belmar says the cameras can turn on automatically if an officer is running — or if there’s a gunshot.
“It really is good tech,” Belmar said. “And I think it answers some questions on really where we’ve seen some holes in some of the tech with other departments over the years. So we’re trying to do a workaround on that so we have the most solid system we possibly can have.”
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