Thousands of RCMP officers in B.C. are about to get body-worn cameras.
Mounties have scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. in Surrey to discuss the roll-out, which is expected to start with around 3,000 cameras.
Over the next year and a half, that is expected to grow to 10,000.
The expectation is for officers to be recording when answering calls or interacting with the public.
The RCMP’s corporate management officer Taunya Goguen says they are training officers to develop the muscle memory of “seatbelt off, camera on.”
The Prime Minister proposed the initiative with $238.5 million over six years and $50 million in ongoing funding for the cameras.
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