The Springfield Police Department Body Worn Camera Program is one year old. All Springfield officers wear a camera and those cameras have recorded almost 14 thousand hours of activity.
Springfield Police Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood is speaking out about the program as being a big win for the city.
“As one of the largest departments in the state, it is no small feat to have a full-fledged body-worn camera program underway and I am pleased with its effectiveness thus far,” Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood said. “Body-worn cameras have been lauded for their ability to provide transparency and accountability, benefiting both the public and officers, and we’ve already begun to see those benefits in one year of use. The body-worn cameras have been a tremendous tool for this department, both in evaluating officers’ actions and seeing the good that they do each day, and I look forward to seeing how this technology may help our department evolve and progress in the future.”
Springfield remains one of few departments in the Commonwealth to have fully implemented body-worn cameras.
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