Portland Police to be Equipped with Body Cameras Following City Council Approval

The $2.6 million initiative will see around 800 officers wearing cameras by summer, after a successful pilot program and ongoing negotiations with the police union.

• Portland City Council has unanimously approved $2.6 million for permanent police body cameras, making the city's police force no longer one of the last major U.S. police agencies without the technology.
• Approximately 800 uniformed officers interacting with the public are set to have body-worn cameras by the summer, after training and further negotiations with the police union.
• Only around 300 patrol officers will be required to wear them routinely on their shifts, while roughly 500 other sworn members, including detectives and sergeants, will put on their cameras when they interact with the public.
• The approval for the cameras came after a 60-day pilot program that equipped 150 officers with cameras.
• Officers who use deadly force won’t get to view their camera’s footage until after they’ve provided an audio-recorded statement to internal affairs within 48 hours of the incident.

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