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The Ottawa Police Service is expanding its body-worn camera program, adding roughly 200 cameras for frontline and specialized officers by the end of the year.

The expansion builds on an initial pilot of 30 cameras introduced last November, assigned mostly to members of the service’s Crisis Intervention Team.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If I may rephrase my statement.

It should not be legal to release that footage outside of usage in a court proceeding directly related to the events that caused the officer to attend with their bodycam.

[–] quanin@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

I think the constitution might have something to say about that, but I'm by no means an expert. If that bodycam footage involves me, for example, you're damn right I want my hands on it. And if that bodycam footage involves me being railroaded by a cop, you're damn right it's going on YouTube.