Body Cameras Will Be Worn By Aurora Police Starting Early 2022

AURORA, IL — All Aurora police officers are expected to start wearing body cameras starting in early 2022, according to police officials.

Throughout October, 21 Aurora police officers completed the last body camera tests with the police IT department, Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross said in an Oct. 29 City Council Finance Committee meeting. He also said the IT department and administrators are determining internal procedures ahead of implementing cameras department-wide.

Officers will be trained with the body camera technology starting in January, Cross said, and "should be up and running and equipped early next year."

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The police department will receive 310 body cameras, an increase from the original 275 expected cameras due to an Illinois law that requires all officers, regardless of rank or administrative duties, to wear cameras, according to reports from the Chicago Tribune.

The cost for cameras and software will be between $2 million to $2.9 million, according to the Tribune.

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