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Centra Falls Police Department: Body-worn Cameras

A collection of different brands of body worn cameras with a United States flag in the background
Various body-worn cameras on display.
Credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Agency Centra Falls Police Department
Location Centra Falls, RI
Technology Body-worn Cameras
Vendor

In October 2022, the state awarded $16 million to 42 local and state police departments to equip 1,773 officers with body-worn cameras, including $280,000 to the Central Falls Police Department for 32 cameras. The Central Falls Police Department was one of the 11 recipients of a 2021 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the State of Rhode Island for body-worn cameras.

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Government information (Rhode Island Attorney General's Office)
Government information (Rhode Island Attorney General's Office)
Press release (Senator Jack Reed)

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

A collection of different brands of body worn cameras with a United States flag in the background
Various body-worn cameras on display.
Credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security