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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has detailed his proposed $1 billion city budget that seeks $200,000 to start equipping police officers with body cameras to record their interactions with suspects.
Ballard presented his 2016 budget proposal Monday night to the City-County Council. Its request for camera funding comes about a week after officers fatally shot a 15-year-old carjacking suspect in a confrontation authorities said wasn't captured by any department cameras.
A pilot program recently equipped 65 Indianapolis police officers with body cameras, but that test ended in July. Although the mayor's budget proposal includes $200,000 for body cameras, Ballard’s office estimates it would cost between $2 million and $3 million to outfit all 900 of the city's patrol officers with body cameras. Ballard hopes federal grants will cover that cost.
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