Orange Receives Funds For Purchasing Body Cameras For Cops

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

Fourteen police departments across the state 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.

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