Denver Police Officers Begin Getting Body Cameras This Week

DENVER (CBS4)- On Thursday, the process of issuing hundreds of body cameras to police officers in Denver will begin.

In a $6.1 million budget plan the Denver Police Department will eventually outfit some 800 police officers with body cameras, specifically choosing officers who spend the most time with the public. Overall that's more than half the police department.

District 6, Traffic Operations and the Gang Units are among the first to be issued body cameras.

They are just one agency in Colorado to consider using the technology as part of the regulation uniform.