POLICE at Dromana, Hastings, Mornington, Rosebud, Rye, Somerville and Sorrento will wear body cameras from next week. They will be among more than 11,000 cameras in use by 2020.
The cameras will be worn by general duties and highway patrol police of the rank of sergeant and below. They will record video and audio footage.
Police will be given regular training which includes the use and functions of the body worn camera.
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 13 August 2019
