Edmonton police rollout of body-worn cameras comes with $16M price tag

Original source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-rollout-of-body-worn-cameras-comes-with-16m-price-tag-1.7366283

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• Edmonton Police Commission approved funding to pay Axon Public Safety Canada for body-worn camera equipment and systems.
• Total cost: $16 million over five years (hardware + software).
• Vendor selected via a non-competitive (sole-source) process.
• Cameras: Axon Body 4, worn on front of uniform, always running in "passive" mode (records video continuously, not audio, until activated).
• Rollout began 2024; 280 officers issued cameras in phased rollout; full provincial rollout expected in 2025–26 fiscal year.