RCMP officers will begin wearing body cameras every shift in some communities across Canada starting next week. The roll-out will be phased in, with 86 detachments included in the first round. By this time next year, 90 per cent of all officers in our country will have them as part of their uniform.

The RCMP will begin its roll out of body-worn cameras next week, with nearly the entire force nationally expected to be using the devices a year from now. “Body-worn video provides increased transparency while also providing a firsthand view of what a police officer encounters,

The RCMP will begin its rollout of body-worn cameras for RCMP officers across the country next week. It expects deployment of more than 10,000 cameras to be finished in the next 12 to 18 months. The RCMP says the cameras serve as an objective record of how officers interact with the community.

Within days, thousands of frontline RCMP officers will be starting their shifts equipped with a body-worn camera, as the national police force begins deploying the program across Canada. On Thursday,