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Public Notice – Lindenwold PD to Begin Using Body Worn Cameras (BWC’s) - June 2019

The Lindenwold Police Department will begin implementing the use of Axon Body Worn Cameras (BWC’s) in or around June 2019. The police department believes that the use of body worn cameras will provide an additional level of safety and security for the public and our officers.

Phasing in the BWC’s will enhance our capabilities in this arena by:

1) Providing objective evidence of what took place in a police-citizen encounter.
2) Discouraging all parties from engaging in inappropriate conduct and from providing false information about an encounter.
3) Capturing accurate visual depictions of evidence including where and how evidence was found.
4) Capturing the physical appearance of suspects and victims.
5) Documenting witness and suspect statements.
6) BWC’s will serve to supplement and corroborate police reports and officer testimony.

Their use will be governed by, and in accordance, with the NJ Attorney General’s Directive and Lindenwold Police Standard Operating Procedure on BWC’s.

Questions should be directed to Captain Michael McCarthy at 856-784-7566