Winnebago County Sheriff's Office deputies and COs are wrapping up training on the use of body cameras this week
Ramsey County officers have been outfitted with body cams in order to record interactions with inmates and community members
Body camera footage shows Jerry Miller argue with an unidentified officer before being picked up and thrown down
Denver LEOs working in the most volatile area of the city’s downtown jail will begin wearing body cameras
While LEOs already wear cameras on patrol, the sheriff said having COs in jails wearing cameras will be "groundbreaking"
Every officer in the jail, deputies on the road, EMTs and paramedics will wear cameras
Assaults on correctional officers, inmate mental healthcare and the impact of new technologies dominated the headlines this year
"The mere presence of [the body camera] has a more secure effect for the officer," a jail official said
The department will have 365 body cams in use by the end of the year, according to jail officials
Infrared ability allows an officer to see up to 24 feet in pitch black conditions
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi requested $242,000 to help pay for body cameras for his deputies
A bill to require police officers to wear body cameras is sitting on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk
Jail will begin a 30-camera pilot program in several months, the first of its kind in the state.
"We haven't had any fights since we started with the cameras," said Stephenson County Jail Administrator Steven Stovall
Sheriff Jeff Dickerson said his office purchased 30 Taser Axom cameras along with the support equipment for roughly $24,000
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