Botany Bay cops get body video cams
The NSW Police Force now have officer wearing video cameras on their clothes in the Botany Bay Police Area Command after success with frontline officers at Sydney’s Eastern Beaches.
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VIDEO cameras are being worn by police officers in the southeast to improve community safety and officer welfare.
The NSW Police Force has rolled out Body Worn Video (BWV) cameras to Botany Bay Police Area Command after success with frontline officers at Sydney’s Eastern Beaches.
Botany Bay commander, Superintendent Brad Hodder, said the cameras would complement other strategies to tackle crime.
“With millions of interactions between police and community members every year the cameras will be an excellent tool to assist investigations by directly recording criminal behaviour and providing officers with a contemporaneous, unequivocal account of an incident,” he said.
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The camera records high-definition, wide-view vision and high-quality audio, with a capability to take still photographs, record audio only and record in lowlight situations.
“I want to reassure the community our officers have received training on the appropriate use of BWV and members of the public will be informed if the camera is in use,” Supt Hodder said.
More information about Body Worn Video cameras is available via police.nsw.gov.au