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Wheat Ridge Police Department: Body-worn Cameras

Axon-brand body-worn camera laying on a table
An example of an Axon body-worn camera.
Credit: City of Lafayette, IN
Agency Wheat Ridge Police Department
Location Wheat Ridge, CO
Technology Body-worn Cameras
Vendor Axon

The Wheat Ridge Police Department received a $90,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in 2019 to purchase body-worn cameras. In 2020, records show the agency contracted with Axon.

Links
Meeting documents (City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge)
Meeting documents (City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge)

More about this technology

Video cameras that police attach to their uniforms to record interactions with the public.

Axon-brand body-worn camera laying on a table
An example of an Axon body-worn camera.
Credit: City of Lafayette, IN