Niagara Falls, NY spent over $750,000 in ARPA funds to supply every officer with a new body camera
Niagara Falls, NY police body cameras ARPA funding
The city of Niagara Falls spent over $750,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to supply the Niagara Falls Police Department (NFPD) with body cameras and related operating software. The NFPD purchased 90 new state-of-the-art Axon Body 3 body-worn cameras, allowing every officer to have their own dedicated camera. The new cameras capture clear images in order to increase transparency and accountability for officers.
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Niagara Falls, N.Y., Spends ARP Funds on Body Cams
The cost for the police body cameras and software to operate them came in at $765,991.49, an expenditure that officials say would have been impossible to make without the American Rescue Plan funding.
Falls begins spending ARP funds
Jun. 17—When Falls police officers were involved in a shooting on June 3, the first thing detectives investigating the incident looked for was the video recorded by the officer's body-worn cameras. Just days before the shooting, the officers involved in the incident had been outfitted with new state-of-the-art Axon Body 3 body-worn cameras. The new body cams replaced obsolete cameras that had ...
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