City officials have given the Hamden Police Department the green light to buy new body cameras so all uniformed officers can wear them in the field, according to the police chief.
The Hamden Legislative Council approved the bid at a meeting Monday night, permitting police to buy 39 body cameras from Taser International and bringing the department total to 75, Chief Thomas Wydra said.
It comes as President Barack Obama is calling for $75 million in federal spending to outfit officers with body cameras in the wake of the police shooting of teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
