As technology continues to advance, so does policing.
Many police services across the country have been keeping up with the time and advancing alongside technology; many have adopted the use of body worn cameras for front line police officers.
The Kentville Police Service, in the Annapolis Valley, are the first police service in Nova Scotia to start wearing body cameras on the job.
As for the South Shore, the use of body cameras can’t be ruled out just yet according Bridgewater’s Acting Chief of Police.
“Usually we correspond regularly (with Kentville and other police forces in the province) and see how they made out with their pilot projects but you know, we can never rule anything out when it comes to technology and assisting police in their investigating tools,” says Scott Feener, Acting Police Chief for the Bridgewater Police Service.
The majority of police cruisers are equipped with dash cams that activate when the lights are switched on, or can be activated by a police officer at any given time.
Acting Police Chief Feener says Bridgewater Police Service does use other forms of technology as well with a dedicated IT employee to look after a number of technology related areas in policing.
Story by Craig Power
@CraigTPower
