We are just a wide spot in the road but we do have a steady stream of traffic going through because we are on a county road and, in the fall, a steady steam of hunters.
Our elected sheriff was the drive behind getting vest cams for his people and publicly stated it was BECAUSE he had confidence in his officers that he wanted them.
His trust has not been misplaced.
The local PD is talking about going to body cams. Right now updating 20-30 year old radio equipment is their priority for which they just received a state grant. They just got a grant to put laptops in their cruisers which helps on traffic stops immensely in knowing quickly who they might be dealing with. They still are looking for ways to get the body cams. The actual equipment isn’t that expensive, the software, annual licensing and then the biggest expense they are hitting is the long term storage of the video/audio the price tag is killing them.