Chances are that the next time you're pulled over by a cop, a camera will be recording the officer's behavior. And yours.

After lengthy delays, many of the major Atlanta area police departments are spending the money to buy police body cameras. Officials are promising more transparency on the part of law enforcement, and greater trust between cops and the community.

Within the coming months, hundreds more of these devices will appear in police departments in Atlanta and the counties of Cobb, Gwinnett, Clayton and DeKalb, not to mention some smaller city departments.

Do you believe these new cameras, coming on the heels of a deadly summer of conflict between and the black community, will usher in a new era in policing? Read the full story and offer a comment at http://www.myajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/long-delayed-police-body-cameras-on-the-way/nsJRC/.

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