Decatur-based Company Providing Body Cameras to Local Cops

Utility Associates, based in Decatur, has been chosen by the city’s police department to provide body cameras to its officers.

The company made the announcement on Wednesday.

The department is equipping its police force of 47 officers with BodyWorn™ police cameras. In addition to BodyWorn™, Utility’s Rocket™ vehicle router has been installed in 37 Decatur Police Department patrol cars to optimize each car with powerful and secure wireless internet capabilities for up to 1,500 feet around the vehicle.

“We are thrilled to announce the Decatur Police Department has equipped its officers with our BodyWorn™ police camera and Rocket™ vehicle router technology,” said Robert McKeeman, CEO of Utility. “Our technology is developed to make capturing police camera video completely seamless and transparent at every step of the process—from recording, to uploading, to storing, to ensuring privacy protection when video is made public. The police officer does not have to be a videographer—they can focus on safely performing the task at hand.”