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Wimberly, Reynolds-Jackson, Tucker & Giblin Bill to Support State Grants-In-Aid to Establish NJ Statewide Body Worn Camera Program Now Law December 23, 2020, 5:25 pm | in
Wimberly, Reynolds-Jackson, Tucker & Giblin Bill to Support State Grants-In-Aid to Establish NJ Statewide Body Worn Camera Program Now Law
(TRENTON) – Legislation enabling municipalities to purchase body cameras for local police officer, sponsored by Assembly Democrats Benjie Wimberly, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Cleopatra Tucker, and Thomas Giblin was signed into law Wednesday.
The new law (formerly bill A-4907) would provide a supplemental appropriation of $58,000,000 to the Department of Law and Public Safety toward Grants-in-Aid to establish a New Jersey Statewide Body Worn Camera (BWC) program to support police departments in purchasing this equipment. On or after January 1, 2022, a law enforcement agency that purchased body worn cameras prior to the effective