The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) says that 477 of the 1000 body cameras received in March of this year have been distributed. They were distributed among all nine Divisional Task Force members in Trinidad, and the Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch.
A total of 451 officers were trained in the use of body-worn cameras, with 90 per cent of these officers attached to the nine Divisional Task Forces in Trinidad and the Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch.
Tobago received its first allocation of 22 cameras today and training will commence for officers in the Division next week. Eighty more cameras will be allocated to the Division before the end of the month.
A centralised management system for recorded video has been put in place and is currently undergoing the requisite configuration prior to being activated. There are also sufficient docking stations for charging the devices and these are being placed at strategic locations across all ten Divisions.
More officers will be trained in the use of the cameras and additional distribution across the TTPS is expected by the end of August 2022.