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Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) first introduced legislation in 2014.
Three weeks after Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation requiring New Jersey police to wear body cameras, the Legislature on Thursday voted to pay for the equipment touted as both a way to protect people from improper policing and protect officers from wrongful accusations of brutality.
Murphy signed two bills last month. One mandated that officers wear cameras most of the time when they are interacting with the public; the second set rules for using the cameras, when they can be turned off and for storing the recordings they made. The camera mandate was subject to funding from the Legislature.