Owasso police put on new wearable cameras

New technology soon may allow the Owasso Police Department to better protect itself and the public.

The city council recently approved the purchase of wearable video cameras that capture images wherever an officer goes.

 
BY RHETT MORGAN - Tulsa World | Modified: April 5, 2011 at 12:02 am | Published: April 5, 2011   

OWASSO — New technology soon may allow the Owasso Police Department to better protect itself and the public.

The city council recently approved the purchase of wearable video cameras that capture images wherever an officer goes.

photo - An Owasso police officer wears one of the department’s new cameras. Photos by Mike Simons, Tulsa World
An Owasso police officer wears one of the department’s new cameras. Photos by Mike Simons, Tulsa World

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For the past four years, officers have been using in-car video in about a third of the department’s 36-vehicle fleet. But Police Chief Dan Yancey finds the system constraining.

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