Ottawa police will be equipping officers with body cameras as part of a pilot project, essentially reversing its position on the issue, the force confirmed on Friday. In March of this year, the Ottawa Police Service said it was no longer looking into the possibility of outfitting officers with body cameras, and would instead focus on other priorities. Marc Soucy said the force will be reviewing a Toronto police report filed Thursday on its own pilot project into body cameras but that there's no timeline for Ottawa's pilot yet. The Toronto police report found that although the technology didn't meet officers' complete needs, body cameras "do provide the unbiased, independent account of police/community interactions, as expected," according to a Toronto police statement. Toronto police are now seeking permission to open the bidding process for the contract to supply body cameras to the entire force.

Source: CBC News September 16, 2016 14:48 UTC