Kolkata: The Howrah City Police has initiated a pilot project to make body cameras mandatory for all levels of police personnel.
This will involve everyone from traffic police inspectors to civic volunteers in several important areas in Howrah, like Kona Expressway, Howrah Bridge and Howrah Station areas from midnight.
Footage from these body cameras will record all details related to traffic control, protests, traffic rule violations and public interactions.
This will.be stored in the Howrah City Police Control Room for future investigations and traffic system planning.
Howrah City Police has already procured 3000 body cameras, with 750 being used initially from midnight.
The cameras are attached to the front of the uniform and turned on.
After duty, it must be turned off and submitted to the traffic guard with mandatory registration in a logbook.
