The RCMP will begin its rollout of body-worn cameras for RCMP officers across the country next week. It expects deployment of more than 10,000 cameras to be finished in the next 12 to 18 months. The RCMP says the cameras serve as an objective record of how officers interact with the community.

RCMP officers will begin wearing body cameras every shift in some communities across Canada starting next week. The roll-out will be phased in, with 86 detachments included in the first round. By this time next year, 90 per cent of all officers in our country will have them as part of their uniform.

Prince George RCMP officers will soon be wearing body-worn cameras. The RCMP unveiled its country-wide roll-out plan Thursday and Prince George will be among 86 detachments in Canada to begin using the cameras over the next two months, starting on Monday.

Within days, thousands of frontline RCMP officers will be starting their shifts equipped with a body-worn camera, as the national police force begins deploying the program across Canada. On Thursday,

The RCMP plan to have body cameras worn by between 10,000 and 15,000 frontline officers in cities across the country as part of its national rollout.