A more moderen mannequin of body cameras by Coban Technologies Inc. Image through SafeFleet, an affiliate of Coban
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A more moderen mannequin of body cameras by Coban Technologies Inc. Image through SafeFleet, an affiliate of Coban
Bayonne police officers are getting new body cameras.
The initiative is funded by a grant awarded to town by the state Department of Law and Public Safety for 2021. The metropolis was awarded the $452,436 underneath the state’s Body Worn Camera Grant.
At its caucus assembly on Dec. 8 the City Council moved a decision to settle for the grant to its subsequent common assembly on Dec. 15.
A separate decision, additionally moved by the council on the caucus to its subsequent assembly, would put the grant cash towards the brand new cameras. The decision would authorize the acquisition underneath the Houston Galveston Co-Op Program of 222 “body worn full digicam techniques” from Coban Technologies Inc. of Houston, Texas.
That decision would additionally authorize the acquisition of crucial pc {hardware} to handle and retailer the video knowledge from the cameras from Coban. The price totals $451,647, lined utterly by the state grant funds.
Quality improve?
At the council caucus assembly, At-Large City Councilman Juan Perez inquired concerning the high quality of the cameras.
“You have cameras now that, when you contact them, they fall on to the bottom,” Perez stated, wanting to know if the newer cameras would keep put higher.
Chief of Police Robert Geisler was current on the assembly to give some particulars on the brand new cameras.
“This that is an improve to our present cameras,” Geisler stated. “It’s the identical firm. This is their newest mannequin.”
According to Geisler, this tools will be sturdier.
“The clips that the cops are going to be carrying with the brand new cameras are quite a bit stronger,” he stated. “That ought to make it so it’s safe.”
Geisler stated that every officer will put on a body digicam. This is per state legislation, which just lately got here into impact on June 1, 2021. However, town’s officers have been carrying body cameras since 2019. Those preliminary batch of body cameras, almost 200, had been licensed to be bought by the council in April of 2018 using some state grants.
New officers incoming too
Another decision up for approval by the council would settle for a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Justice to rent 12 new police officers. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who represents the tenth Congressional District together with components of Bayonne, was slated to converse on the caucus assembly however had to reschedule due to technical points.
The City Council will meet subsequent on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. within the municipal chambers at City Hall at 630 Avenue C. The public can nonetheless attend remotely or in-person. For extra info, go to bayonnenj.org and click on on the occasion on the calendar webpage.
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