Fairfax County Police Department
to Delay Rollout of Body Cameras
April 13, 2020
Delays are expected for the
rollout of the Fairfax County Police Department’s body-worn camera program.
In Fairfax County Executive Bryan
Hill’s revised budget for fiscal year 2021, the county plans to push back
funding for 338 cameras for the Sully, McLean, and West Springfield Stations in
the second year of the program.
The county is also revisiting
funding plans for 456 cameras for the third year of the program at the Fair
Oaks, Franconia and South County district stations.
The proposed budget — which was
scaled back considerably in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — maintains an
increase of $1.77 million to support the first full year of the program.
Funding is expected to remain for
416 cameras that will be issued to the Reston, Mason and Mt. Vernon police
stations, according to county budget documents.
“The funding supports the
maintenance of the program implemented in FY 2020 but does not expand the
program as originally planned.”
In late 2019, the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors approved $4 million to begin implementation of the
program.
Officers in the Reston District
Station were expected to receive the cameras next month.