Press Releases 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 date may apply for reimbursement from the appropriation under the substitute for the cost of the body worn cameras.