DERBY — The police chief in Derby says his department will outfit its four school resource officers with body cameras as part of a pilot project.
Derby Police Chief Robert Lee says the department will spend about $7,400 on the cameras, and he anticipates the school resource officers will be equipped by March. The Wichita Eagle reports the pilot project is expected to last a year.
Lee says the police department is considering equipping all 47 of its officers with body cameras. He says cameras “are a good thing for law enforcement,” but that there are concerns over costs.
According to estimates given to department in 2014, Lee says it would cost around $170,000 to equip all officers with cameras and buy server space for the first several years of footage.
