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Fountain police will STOP USING DGLY body cameras and switch to Utility body cameras starting in May

http://gazette.com/fountain-police-look-to-switch-body-worn-camera-system-to-one-thats-easier-for-officers/article/1574133


Fountain police look to switch body-worn camera system to one that's easier for officers
By: Chhun Sun April 13, 2016 Updated: April 13, 2016 at 10:12 pm

The Fountain Police Department is considering changing its body-worn camera system after recently discovering a complication.

While auditing footage from officers' cameras, "We realized that footage wasn't always titled," Lt. Tommy Coates said.

Officers are required to identify their videos with a time, place and description of an incident, a process that's not completed until a day or two after a shift ends. The extra work doesn't always fit in their schedule.

Now, the department is looking to make life easier for the officers. Fountain police made the decision to "piggyback" on the Colorado Springs Department's efforts to bring in a body-worn camera program this year, Coates said. The latter department is looking at equipment from utility.com, which boasts a product that allows officers to input data on scene, he added.

According to Colorado Springs police Cmdr. Pat Rigdon, about 50 officers will start wearing cameras by early May. Six months later, he said all nearly 500 officers should be equipped.Six months later, he said all nearly 500 officers should be equipped.