ANDERSON, Ind. — Anderson police officers may be equipped with body-worn camera devices by next spring
According to our newsgathering partners at the Anderson Herald Bulletin, the city's board of public safety received one bid for the purchase of body cameras and one to upgrade in-car computers.
A bid of $1,330,930 for 108 body cameras was received from Utility Associates Inc. The purchase would be made on a five-year contract.
The bid was taken under advisement.
While the state of Indiana requires recordings from body cameras be maintained for six months, the Utility Associates proposal would keep the video in storage for five years.
Police officials hope to have the camera system operational by the end of the first quarter of 2021 in March.
"These cameras will allow the department another tool to collect evidence, protect officers from unfounded allegations, while at the same time providing transparency to the public our officers serve,” said Mayor Thomas Broderick.
