PHILLY TO SPEND $12.5M ON POLICE BODY CAMERAS
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Philadelphia officials has signed a four-year, $12.5 million contract with Axon, the company formerly known as Taser International, to equip all 4,000 patrol officers with cameras.
In November, the first 500 cameras as part of the plan of outfitting all patrol officers by 2021 will be deployed in the 24th and 25th police districts, which includes parts of Fairhill and Kensington, considered the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis.
Each body camera and it supportive applications total about $3,125 per device.
But viewing the footage may not be that easy. If the recorded material is part of an active criminal investigation, it will not be available to the public, unless law enforcement officials decide to release the footage themselves.
