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Newport Police Department: Body-worn Cameras

Agency Newport Police Department
Location Newport, RI
Technology Body-worn Cameras
Vendor Axon

The Newport Police purchased body-worn cameras in 2019 after a trial program with Axon body-worn cameras in 2018. NPD received a federal grant for BWCs in 2022.

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