A pilot project that required some Toronto Police officers to wear small cameras on their vests ended on Thursday.
Since May 2015, approximately 100 officers in the GTA were equipped with three different models of body-worn cameras.
While on duty, the cameras captured interactions between officers and the public. Members of the public were allowed to obtain specific footage of officers interacting with them by filing an access to information request.
Officers from Toronto Police Service 43 Division, 55 Division, Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy and traffic services took part in the project.
Police will now draft a report evaluating the effectiveness of the technology and the cameras’ performance, taking feedback from the general public into account.
The report will be studied by the Toronto Police Services Board in the summer.
The pilot project cost the Toronto Police $500,000.
