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DUNWOODY, Ga. - They are popular and very necessary. That is what police chiefs across Georgia are saying about the body camera program.
Agencies large and small are purchasing the recording devices.
Most departments are depending on their officers to operate the cameras manually -- switching them on when they are about to have an interaction with a citizen.
In other cases, they can be activated electronically by a trigger, such as each time the officer leaves his cruiser, the camera comes on.
Dunwoody chief Billy Grogan says there's nothing wrong with the inconsistency regarding how the cameras are turned on. He says varying departments have different needs.
The important thing, he says, is that the equipment be used accurately and honestly by the officer. He says police managers make sure of that by periodically conducting an audit of each camera in the field.