Nearly 300 Edmonton police officers to begin wearing body cameras

Original source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10736808/edmonton-police-body-worn-cameras-2/

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• Nearly 280 officers issued cameras through phased rollout, incl. pilot-program officers (pilot began July 2023).
• Vendor/model: Axon Body 4 cameras.
• Full service-wide implementation "expected to cost about $12 million." (Cf. CBC's later $16M-over-5-years figure incl. hardware+software — treat $12M as implementation estimate, $16M as full 5-yr contract value.)
• Officers began wearing cameras Sept 6, 2024.
• Targeted units: public safety, crime suppression, divisional patrols, Whyte Ave beats, gang suppression, commercial vehicle investigation, traffic enforcement.
• Passive mode: continuous video no audio, retained 18 hours before overwrite. Active mode: 30-sec retroactive buffer; full videos retained 2 years (longer for criminal investigations).