Officers of the Maldives Police Service working on the front lines have started using Body Worn Cameras (BWC).
With plans for wider roll out, we have started a randomised trial of Body Worn Camera (BWC) with frontline officers. Evidence suggests that BWC is an effective tool to improve police’ contact with people, reduce misconduct complaints and bolster public confidence in policing. pic.twitter.com/SvGAmG92au
— Mohamed Hameed (@M_Hameedh) February 26, 2020
In a tweet sent out today, the Commissioner of Police, Mohamed Hameed said that a random trial is underway to re-issue the body camera. He said that evidence suggests that BWCs are an effective tool to reduce misconduct complaints and bolster public confidence.
The BWCs were initially introduced in 2015. It was then used by officers in Male’ City only.
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