Metropolitan Police to issue bodycams to frontline officers

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Met Police to arm coppers with body cams

Frontline police officers in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) will soon routinely be wearing body-cams after the MPS signed a £3.4m deal to buy 22,000 body-worn cameras. The plan to provide...

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