Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána
9:00 am
Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Okay. I have two questions about safety cameras, which have already been mentioned. There was talk about body cameras for each Garda. Is that a policy for the future or is it something at which An Garda Síochána is looking? What kind of costs would be involved? We see reports about it in the newspapers. Body cameras are used by other police forces, particularly those in England. The Garda Representative Association would be very anxious that this would come on stream for many reasons, including those relating to safety, proof and witnesses. What is the policy on body cameras?
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