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Acworth approves body cameras for police

Officer Tate Ledford of the Cobb County School District Police Department, wearing a body camera, conducts a routine check at Wheeler High School in Marietta. Clayton, Cobb and Gwinnett Counties are among the school districts whose officers wear the cameras. Officers in Atlanta, DeKalb and Fulton do not. DeKalb is looking into buying cameras for its officers, a spokesman says. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Officer Tate Ledford of the Cobb County School District Police Department, wearing a body camera, conducts a routine check at Wheeler High School in Marietta. Clayton, Cobb and Gwinnett Counties are among the school districts whose officers wear the cameras. Officers in Atlanta, DeKalb and Fulton do not. DeKalb is looking into buying cameras for its officers, a spokesman says. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By Carolyn Cunningham
Feb 8, 2016

Acworth police will soon be wearing body cameras due to a unanimous vote of the Acworth Board of Aldermen at its regular meeting Thursday.

WatchGuard Video will supply the in-car and body-worn camera systems for $250,000.

The Georgia Municipal Association lease/purchase program for three years will be used.

Also, the aldermen agreed to pay $25,000 to Safeware to buy 50 AVON C50 First Responder kits.

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