PCA supports call for body cameras

Joining in the call for the use of body cameras on police officers, the PCA in a release said, it believes the use of the cameras will improve the level of accountability of the police and will improve transparency in the conduct of police operations.

Seales’call for the use of body cameras was made on the heels of the killing of Adalle Gilbert, 34, at the hands of the police at his Carlton Lane, San Fernando home last Thursday.

The release said that the recommendation for police officers to be outfitted with body cameras was not new. The PCA said calls were previously made by former PCA Director Gillian Lucky, now High Court Judge, at an outreach meeting at the Bon Air High School in November, 2012, and subsequently at a press conference in June, 2014.

The PCA noted that calls for the use of body cameras have been growing worldwide and that the Jamaica Constabulary Force has recently introduced them in their line of duty.