Police Body Cameras: Darien PD Receives State Money For Purchase

DARIEN, CT — The Darien Police Department is one of 14 departments in Connecticut that will be reimbursed for the cost of purchasing body cameras for the cops in their departments and the video storage devices needed to house the tapes.

The state Bond Commission approved spending $1,768,525 Wednesday for the reimbursement.

In the summer of 2016, the Darien Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a plan to out officers with body cameras to help with arrests.

The following departments will be reimbursed:

—Bloomfield, $98,061;
—Darien, $87,142;
—Eastern Connecticut State University Police, $33,763;
—Groton Town Police Department, $98,998;
—Middlebury Police Department, $37,463;
—Milford Police Department, $222,726;
—Naugatuck Police Department, $27,339;
—New Haven Police Department, $790,421;
—North Haven Police Department, $84,025;
—Orange Police Department, $27,725;
—Putnam Police Department, $47,778;
—Western Connecticut State University Police, $26,733;
—Wilton Police Department, $153,732;
—Wolcott Police Department, $32,559

— By Jack Kramer, Patch Correspondent

Photo credit: Darien Police Department