A day after Alberta announced plans to roll out police body-worn cameras province-wide, B.C.’s Minister of Public Safety his west coast province has no current plans to follow suit.
B.C. rolled out province-wide protocols and standards for the police use of body-worn cameras (BWC) in 2019, but Minister Mike Farnworth said for the time being the decision to use them is being left in local hands.
“It is up to each police agency at this particular point. We have been working with municipalities and chiefs of police on this issue, that’s why the standard operating procedures for body cameras were put in place,” Farnworth said.