St. Thomas police hope the cameras will build public trust, ensure officer and citizen safety and increase accountability.

A Winnipeg city councillor wants the city's police force to use body cameras.

Guelph police say the body camera pilot project will start on Sept. 1 and conclude on Aug. 31, 2021.

Police said the cameras worn by officers would collect video and audio.

The meeting is set to begin at 12:30 p.m., and can be streamed online through the municipality's website.

A coalition of news media organizations and attorneys for two of the officers involved have said making the videos public would provide a more complete picture of what happened to Floyd.

The Halifax board of police commissioners' special virtual meeting was stalled by technical and procedural issues.

The statement and others from Derek Chauvin, the officer who pressed his knee into Floyd's neck on May 25, came from transcripts for the body camera of two other officers at the scene.

While recent events have brought the issue of police body cameras to the forefront, the force in Barrie, Ont., says they started looking into them in 2016.

A report published on Monday says the City of Montreal has neglected the fight against racism and failed to recognize the systemic nature of discrimination.