Kelowna RCMP officers will start wearing body cameras at the end of January.
Body cameras coming for Kelowna RCMP officers
Acting Officer in Charge, Inspector Chris Goebel, said body cameras have become a national standard in modern policing, and are vital in helping to build trust among the public and resolve public compalints.
"The Kelowna/Central Okanagan RCMP are excited to be among the first RCMP detachments in British Columbia to deploy this highly anticipated equipment,” he said in a media release.
The BC RCMP plan to roll out more than 3-thousand cameras over the next 12 to 18 months.
Mounties in Mission, Tofino, Cranbrook, Kamloops and Prince George already wear body cameras.