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Elgin police to soon begin wearing body cameras

Posted December 08, 2016 6:00 am

The Associated Press

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) - Police in suburban Elgin will soon start wearing body cameras after the City Council approved a plan to buy them.

The Wednesday vote means that the first group of 30 to 35 officers will begin wearing the cameras by February. The entire 182-member department - including the chief - is expected to start wearing cameras by the end of 2017.

According to the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald (http://bit.ly/2haFkGg ), the council unanimously approved the plan. The city will use $250,000 from drug-assets forfeitures and another $250,000 from a federal grant to pay for the cameras.

Elgin Officer Josh Miller was among those who tested body cameras. He believes they help law enforcement in court cases.

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Information from: Daily Herald, http://www.dailyherald.com

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