The SRT Program in Review: Highlights from 2023
Funding: In 2023, the SRT Body-Worn Camera program funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provided grants to 268 jurisdictions for $7.2 million across 45
states.Read more…
Lessons from the Grafton Police: Sharing BWC Footage
During 2020-21 Chief Jeff Caponera completely revamped the Grafton Police
Department’s BWC policies to allow them to share BWC footage.Read more…
Lessons from the Gerrish Township Police: Community-Based Policing and BWC Footage
The Gerrish Township Police Department (MI) is a small municipal
agency that received a micro-grant for body-worn cameras in 2021.
Over the last two years, Chief Brian Hill has combined the use of
BWCs with his philosophy of community-based policing.Read more…
BJA / JSS provide $7.1 Million for BWCs
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Justice & Security Strategies (JSS) announced that they will award $7.1million to 265 small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies for body-worn cameras.Read more…
Accepting BWCs in Policing Agencies
Research shows that successful body-worn camera (BWC) program implementation is significantly tied to officer buy-in, but what exactly motivates this buy-in?Read more…