Toronto Police Body Cameras

• Brother of Regis Korchinski-Paquet films interaction with Toronto police officers who have guns drawn

  Twy Korchinski Beals said he was with friends and family filming a music video when officers responded to reports guns were seen. The service later confirmed no weapons were found.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2021
  
• Toronto Police Service to issue thousands of body-worn cameras to officers by October

  Toronto police recently reported the signing of a five-year deal with Axon for $34 million, which includes 2,350 body-worn cameras and cloud-based storage.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2021
  
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• Toronto police start using body-worn cameras in 31 Division

  Toronto police say starting this week officers in the city's 31 Division will begin using body-worn camera technology during interactions with the public.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2020
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• Peel police begin rollout of body-worn cameras

  The Airport Division will be the first to wear BWCs beginning Nov. 23. 

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2020
• Toronto police officers begin wearing body cameras as start of year-long rollout

  Deputy Chief Shawna Coxon says one shift of front-line officers in a division in the city's northwest corner began wearing the cameras last week.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2020
• Protesters rally outside Toronto police headquarters on final day of reform consultations

  The crowd demanded that the police force be defunded, disarmed or abolished, saying the proposals made by politicians -- such as the implementation of body-worn cameras -- don't go far enough and arguing the public consultations were unlikely to result in meaningful change.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2020
• Toronto police urging body cameras for officers despite estimated $85M cost

  Toronto police are asking for approval to outfit all frontline officers with body-worn cameras, despite reporting major issues after analyzing its year-long pilot project.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2016