Funding for Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) body-worn cameras was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The motion, authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, transfers $35 million in funding for the first year of the new body-worn camera program to the LASD. “Body-worn cameras are an important tool for transparency and I ...

A contract for acquiring body-worn cameras for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has been finalized, announced the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Wednesday. The contract for the body-worn camera program is set to ensure greater accountability of the LASD has been finalized, enabling the Department to now order cameras and equipment at its discretion starting Wednesday, according ...