IMPD To Consider Body Cameras For Officers

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department will again consider if officers should wear body cameras. 

Police departments around the country have invested in body cameras to show an officer’s perspective of a scene.

IMPD Spokesperson Chris Wilburn says the department has considered them for years.

“The purpose of this piece of equipment is to reduce crime at its core and to utilize technology that is readily available throughout our country and readily available for any consumer,” Wilburn says.

IMPD even tested body cameras in 2014.

“We examine the functional aspects of aspects of any piece of equipment that you want to deploy, but also looking at costs and maintenance,” Wilburn says.

IMPD will take part in a forum on the devices in April.  The IUPUI panel will include local and national experts, along with members of the Seattle and Cincinnati police departments, which already use body cameras. Wilburn says they also want to hear from the Indianapolis community.