The bristol county district attorney's office (bcdao), a publicly-funded law enforcement agency, is partnering with the towns of acushnet, easton, fairhaven, mansfield, north attelboro, somerset,…

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office was awarded a $562,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement body-worn camera programs for nine police departments in Massachusetts. Under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program, the grant will support the purchase of 281 body-worn cameras to outfit officers in the towns of Acushnet, Easton, Fairhaven, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Somerset, Swansea, and the cities of Attleboro and Fall River. The three-year award aims to enhance transparency, public trust, and police-community relations through the consistent use and retrieval of video evidence across the partnering law enforcement agencies. By streamlining storage of footage in a cloud-based system, the District Attorney's Office and departments can effortlessly share this important evidence in criminal prosecutions.

The bristol county district attorney's office (bcdao), a publicly-funded law enforcement agency, is partnering with the towns of acushnet, easton, fairhaven, mansfield, north attelboro, somerset, and swansea massachusetts applying for funds for new body-worn camera (BWC) implementation and the cities of attleboro and fall river, massachusetts and expansion of existing BWC programs and efforts in these towns. The nine police departments that have partnered on this application have 348 sworn officers and expect to purchase 281 bwcs if funded. The goals of this partnership are to outfit all officers encountering the public with bwcs to enhance policing transparency, increase public trust, help foster police community relations, and increase offender accountability. The bcdao is partnering with the listed police departments to create a consistent method of retrieving video footage in the prosecution of cases. By streamlining the method used by both the bcdao and these departments of using cloud-based video storage, IT will be effortless to share this important evidence.