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UpdatedTue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:33 pm CT Replies(14) In December, Joliet police officer Tyler Bayles fatally shot a 19-year-old Naperville man on Second Avenue. There is no body camera footage of the deadly encounter. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL The Chicago Police Department uses about 8,000 officer worn body cameras. Elgin utilizes 157 body cameras for officers and supervisors. Moline s Police Department has 84 body cameras. Then, there s the Joliet Police Department. One of the largest police departments in Illinois, the city of Joliet employs about 270 sworn officers and uses zero body cameras. Joliet s past two chiefs, Brian Benton and Al Roechner, chose not to pursue the purchase of body cameras even though scores of police departments across Illinois and the country were embracing and adapting to officer body cameras as a new way of accountability and transparency. ....