POLL RESULT: Courier readers back use of video technology by armed police
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Plans to equip armed police with body worn video (BWV) technology have been given overwhelming backing in an Inverness Courier poll.
Some 87 per cent of our readers supported the Police Scotland proposal with the remaining 13 per cent opposed.
Police Scotland says the cameras have been shown to have a positive impact on public and police officer safety.
All other armed police units in the UK are currently equipped with the cameras.
The force says bringing its officers into line with the rest of the country would ensure best practice, enhance evidence gathering and increase transparency and accountability at incidents.
It has launched its own online survey, open for three weeks from February 1, 2021, to allow members of the public to offer opinion on the likely deployment of BWV in Scottish policing.
More information is available at Police scotland’s website.
