Ahead of a planned nationwide roll-out of the technology early next year, about 350 gardaí from three police stations in Dublin have started wearing body cameras, reports RTE.
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When activated, the cameras, which will be worn on a garda’s breast, will glow red.
While it is not required, Gardaí will be urged to notify the public when they are in use as a matter of best practices, reports RTE.
The collected video would remain inaccessible until the cameras were inserted into a docking station, after which it would be moved to a central repository.
Only when a member is utilising their garda powers may they be turned on.
“It’s been a long frustration of many people in this country that it often seems that the only person seen at a crime or a protest without a camera has been the guard,” Simon Harris said, reports RTE.
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