**** RCMP Media Release
Nova Scotia RCMP to field test body-worn cameras
Over the next eight-to-ten weeks, 60 RCMP officers throughout Nova Scotia will be field testing body-worn cameras and a new digital evidence management system.
Starting May 15, body-worn cameras will be used by officers working out of the following detachments and offices:
- Chester (Traffic Services)
- Digby
- New Minas (Traffic Services)
- North Sydney (Traffic Services)
- Pictou
- Stellarton
- Yarmouth Rural (Traffic Services)
Field tests are also happening in Alberta and Nunavut during the same eight-to-ten-week period.
Should the field tests meet operational requirements, body-worn cameras will be distributed to RCMP detachments across the country; national roll-out would proceed in a phased approach, and would take 12-to-18 months.
“The use of body-worn cameras, and a digital evidence management system, will soon become the standard for general duty frontline RCMP officers across the country,” says C./Supt. Black. “The Nova Scotia RCMP is pleased to play a part in ensuring the initiative is a success by participating in the field test process.”
