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JFAC approves $1.06 million Department of Correction supplemental for body-worn camera pilot

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Summary

The committee approved a one-time appropriation to begin a body-worn camera pilot for state prisons, primarily funded by a federal grant; the motion passed with committee majorities in both chambers.

Noah Peterson, a budget policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, briefed the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on a supplemental appropriation request for the Department of Correction’s State Prisons Division to begin a body-worn camera pilot.

“This is for a body worn camera pilot program that came from a federal grant,” Peterson said, describing the request as a first-year appropriation that contains the federal grant dollars and a small state match.

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