Kitimat RCMP rolls out Body Worn Cameras

June 23, 2025 - Kitimat, British Columbia
From: Kitimat RCMP

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The residences of Kitimat will notice a change in the Uniform of the Kitimat RCMP officers. The officers have just completed the training required and have been issued Body Worn Cameras.

Body-worn video (BWV) provides increased transparency, while offering a first-person view of what a police officer encounters—often in highly tense situations.

The objectives of the body-worn camera project are to:

• Strengthen transparency, accountability and public trust
• Resolve public complaints more quickly
• Improve interactions between the public and police
• Improve evidence gathering

Officers will activate their body-worn cameras during calls for service, including:

• mental health calls
• interactions with people in crisis
• crimes in progress
• for investigations
• public disorder and protests
• to record information to support the performance of their duties

Body-worn cameras are not intended to be used for the purpose of:

• 24-hour recording
• surveillance
• when intimate searches are conducted

More information on this initiative is available here: https://rcmp.ca/en/body-worn-cameras

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