By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana police officers will add three in-car cameras to their fleet, thanks to the Town Council, which authorized the purchase on March 10.
Cost of the cameras, from Axon Enterprise, Inc., is $36,842 and funds have already been budgeted.
The cameras will be installed in three SUVs. Twenty of the department’s vehicles already have cameras.
Police Chief Sean Scheller said the cameras are “a great tool for police for retrieving stolen vehicles and help with transparency and community confidence.” Police, he said, can share footage to show professional conduct and maintain public communication.
Dash cameras, he said, provide an unbiased account of what really happened.
Many other departments in the county, including in Delray Beach and Boca Raton, use in-car cameras and body cameras.
Lantana police have been using body cameras for police for five years and dash cameras for two years.
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