body cameras

St. Cloud's police officers could start wearing body cameras next year. Police Chief Blair Anderson says they've been discussing it for years, and knew the day would come eventually, but they wanted to be deliberate about it before making the investment.

A pilot project to put body cameras on Stearns County Jail staff has been successful, so the sheriff is looking to expand the program.

The Rice police department is looking to be the next local law enforcement agency to be equipped with body cameras.

It's been a learning curve inside the Waite Park police department, as officers are getting used to their new body cameras.

Minneapolis' police chief says he's seeing an increase in use of body cameras since he required that officers turn them on when responding to any call.

The Waite Park police department will become the first department in the St. Cloud metro to use body cameras.

Waite Park police are asking for your opinion as to whether officers should use body cameras.

The use of body cameras for police officers has been a hot topic with recent incidents of police-involved shootings. The newest debate is whether officers should have access to the video before writing up their reports when deadly force is used.

Police in a Twin Cities suburb are going to court over the city's body camera policy for officers.

Some Minnesota police chiefs plan to seek state approval to temporarily restrict access to body camera footage while they make a renewed push for law changes at the Capitol. Their drive for limits fell short last session as lawmakers grappled with how to regulate the fast-spreading technology.