The Atlantic City Police Department recently announced the deployment of body cameras on all patrolling officers and a new computerized system to keep track of police behavior. This comes on heels of Atlantic City’s crime rate dropping & police performance / community relations improving. (ex: Pizza & Coffee with a Cop)
The new body cameras being worn by the ACPD will further improve accountability, ACPD Chief White said. White also says the presence of these small, but hi-tech cameras will deter both members of public, and officers, from engaging in problematic behavior.
Atlantic City Mayor; Don Guardian, said that best practices for camera use are still being discussed. The city is seeking advice & working with groups like the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) in order to ensure proper, legal and effective use of this new technology designed to further improve the safety of Atlantic City and other municipalities.
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