[Verdasco]

Just wondering, do police officers with those circle helmets have POV camera built in?

[Verdasco]

:okay:

[Urrtoast]

...still in Beta...

[v_tec]

$26,000 per camera? VPD budget raises eyebrows | CTV Vancouver News (http://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/26-000-per-camera-vpd-budget-raises-eyebrows-1.3160828#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=aFcz7uJ)

The $17 million price tag for the cameras, the data storage, and recovering the video is so high it has critics wondering if it’s even real.

The budget, obtained by a Freedom of Information request, says police estimate they will spend some $2,300 on each of the 660 cameras and accessories that would be worn by officers in the street.

Right now, the force has eight cameras deployed on its public safety unit. Those cameras were in use during the shutdown of a tent city in Oppenheimer Park in 2014.

:rukidding:

[Timpo]

$26,000 per camera? VPD budget raises eyebrows | CTV Vancouver News (http://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/26-000-per-camera-vpd-budget-raises-eyebrows-1.3160828#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=aFcz7uJ)







:rukidding:

Is the estimate accurate or are they exaggerating?

A lot of cops ABSOLUTELY HATE cameras.
All they do is to tell people to "TURN OFF THE CAMERA!!"

I bet there are cheaper alternatives than $26,000 per camera. They might be making an excuse not to wear it.

Research shows that use of body-worn camera on officers will decrease the complaints by 93% https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/29/police-with-body-cameras-receive-93-fewer-complaints-study

[604STIG]

$26,000 per camera? What an absolute joke. I understand that includes the recovery and storage of the data collected but the actual price should still just be a fraction of that figure.

[v_tec]

$26,000 per camera is a ridiculous number. Many other police force have been able to find data storage/recovery solution for much lower cost as mentioned in the article.

But if you even look at the $2300 number alone. WTF kind of 'accessories' do they need on top on a GoPro Hero5's $5xx price tag??!

[E-SPEC]

Wow each of those camera's are the price of an ultra clean ITR.

[twitchyzero]

must be a typo unless some next-level Bond gadgets not accessible to the general public

[underscore]

So what's the actual cost, $2300 per camera or $26000?

[Timpo]

Police departments do waste money on something unnecessary, just like any government agencies do.

I've read an article a while ago how Victoria Police Department got rid of expensive, unreliable, poor performing Harley Davidson motorcycles and got Honda ST1300. Apparently it made a massive improvement both financially and their job performance.

However it was a very tough decision because Harley was supposed to be the "police tradition"
What a waste of tax. Same as $26,000 camera.