Newbury coppers to get another set of eyes on the beat

Following a testing period in Slough, the camera equipment will be rolled out across the rest of the force.
The decision was made to procure new BWVs in light of the importance of being able to capture and present the best available evidence for any incident.
Examples of when BWV cameras will be in use include policing at night time, domestic abuse situations, dealing with compliants against police and dealing with incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Chief Inspector Gavin Wong, who led the BWV project board said: "Up-to-date cameras will allow further opportunities to capture early evidence and lead to sharing evidence with key decision makers within the criminal justice chain at the very earliest opportunity.
“We have conducted comprehensive focus group phases where the members discussed positives and negatives of the current cameras, requirements for the new cameras, evidential benefits and any potential video downloading issues that could arise when the cameras are brought into the policing work place.”
The cameras will primarily be used by response and neighbourhood policing officers, but the decision will be made by Local Policing Area Commanders to distribute the cameras to where they will be used most efficiently.