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Surrey RCMP rolling out body cameras

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Nov, 2024 10:36 AM
  • Surrey RCMP rolling out body cameras

Surrey R-C-M-P says they will announce the rollout of body-worn cameras today. 

The rollout will be the largest deployment in the province with more than three-thousand cameras expected. 

The Mounties are deploying more than 10-thousand cameras across the country in the next 12 to 18 months.

Officers will be expected to turn on their cameras when they answer calls or interact with the public. 

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