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JFAC approves DOC body‑worn camera pilot with federal grant and small state match

3071548 · March 5, 2025
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The committee approved a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Correction to accept federal grant funds and cover a small state match for a body‑worn camera pilot. The motion passed by recorded vote.

The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee voted to approve a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Correction to implement a pilot program for body‑worn cameras at state prisons.

Noah Peterson, a budget policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee the request represented a federal grant award and that the appropriation would hold the federal dollars in the current fiscal year so the Department of Correction could begin the pilot on…

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