The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted recently buy 100 more body cameras and server space for the Cobb County Police Department. The department now has 133 in use. With the addition, the police department will be halfway toward its goal of outfitting all 500 uniform officers.
The cost for the additional body cameras, with five charging docks at the police precincts, is $106,607 with funding from the police department accountable equipment fiscal year 2016 operating budget.
The additional server space and data storage required to store the video is $147,557, which will be funded by the False Alarm Reduction Unit and the Police Department Camera Special Project Fund.
With the additional 100 body cameras, the police department expects an increase in related open record requests, video classification, cataloging, equipment issuance, retention schedule monitoring and additional storage for system maintenance.
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