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POLICE STANDOFF: An hours-long police standoff in Burnaby last Thursday was sparked by a house cleaner telling police a client had threatened to pull a gun on her in the 4600 block of Union Street, according to Burnaby RCMP. The suspect barricaded himself inside the home but was arrested after tear gas was deployed. PHOTO RYAN STELTING
City eyes body-worn cameras for bylaw officers Dustin Godfrey
dgodfrey@burnabynow.com
The City of Burnaby is looking to equip its bylaw officers with body-worn cameras. Body cameras have increasingly been in the
spotlight in recent years, with calls growing for police to be equipped with the video recorders to increase accountability.The calls have come amid increasing awareness of police brutality against unarmed Black and Indig-
enous people. The City of Burnaby would be unable to make the local RCMP detachment implement body cameras, but it can equip its own bylaw officers in what may be a first – or among the first – in Can-
ada. The matter still needs council approval, but the city posted a request for proposals (RFP) to the BC Bid website, writing that it is seeking a twoyear contract with a service provider to imple-
ment and maintain body cameras, with the option for up to three one-year increases.The city is looking to implement the cameras early this year. The city completed a body camera pilot program on March 1, 2019,
according to the RFP, and the city is seeking to continue using cameras in its bylaw bike patrol and to expand the use beyond park space, including in warming centres and on public streets. Continued on page 3