Toronto police, led by Chief Mark Saunders, are recommending body cameras be worn by all officers. Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star ) Order this photoAll of Toronto’s 3,200 frontline officers should wear body cameras, though the “major challenge,” according to a new police report, would be cost at a time when the service is being asked to slash its budget. On Thursday, the Toronto Police Service released its evaluation of a nearly year-long pilot project — from May 2015 to March this year — that saw 85 officers across the city wearing video cameras on the front of their uniforms. The report, presented to the civilian oversight board, found the pilot project had shortcomings. “This is clearly a major, major devotion of police resources to just manage the video information,” he said.

Source: thestar September 15, 2016 20:30 UTC