Sheriff updates commissioners on body-worn camera rollout and review challenges

Sheriff Johnson told the board the county has deployed body-worn cameras and is working through policies and review procedures. "We have issued 248 body worn cameras," he said, and noted that in July the combined output of body-worn and in-car cameras produced 19,362 minutes/units of video, with about 16,682 originating from body-worn cameras. The sheriff said the department has internal processes for administrative and professional-standards review but that staffing is a constraint and the department had previously requested two lieutenants to handle review workloads.