Overview
- Vancouver parking enforcement officers faced an average of one assault every two weeks in 2024, with 13 incidents recorded in the first half of 2025, prompting the safety trial.
- Fifteen officers will receive Axon body-worn cameras at no cost and will activate them only when they perceive a safety risk.
- Officers must alert members of the public before filming unless doing so is unsafe or impractical, and recordings deemed noncriminal will be deleted within five days.
- Any footage related to criminal activity will be forwarded to the Vancouver Police Department for investigation.
- City officials will compare incident rates between participating and nonparticipating officers to evaluate the pilot and decide on a possible expansion based on precedents in Burnaby, Guelph and Saskatoon.