BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) – The Battle Creek City Commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday night on a contract worth over $737,000 which will provide body-worn cameras for Battle Creek Police officers.
Deputy Police Chief Jim Grafton says, “These cameras will allow us to accurately capture contacts between members of our department and the public.”
Various body-worn cameras have been tested by the department over the last three years.
Under the agreement with Utility Associates, the police department will get 65 body-worn cameras along with 40 cameras for police cars. The new cameras will replace others which are considered out-of-date.
The Police Department will pay for the cameras over a five year period out of their technology budget which is a capital improvement fund.
Ironically, the Commission is being asked to approve the contract for the cameras after the shooting incident early Tuesday morning involving police and a passenger who resisted an officer during a traffic stop at the intersection of West Columbia Avenue and South LaVista Blvd.
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