By Casey Nelson
May 7, 2021 3:42 PM
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) – The Village of Ashwaubenon is set to begin implementing new Axon body cameras.
Within the next week or two, every officer in the village will have received proper training and begin wearing a body camera to track their interactions with the public.
“Obviously, it provides transparency…This program benefits our officers. Really, it’s a protection for officers. Instead of seeing just a short clip of what may be captured on a cellphone, it really provides the entire picture for everyone to see and analyze,” said Chief Brian Uhl. “We don’t have to rely just on the citizen or the officer’s word. We can just go back and take a look at the video, and it’s going to tell me, it’s was going to put me right there in that situation. A lot of times, more often than not, the citizen who may have thought something happened or thought they heard something, and then when we play it back for them it’s a diff
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