Officers with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be required to wear body-worn cameras, the Tennessee Lookout reports. They join an increasing number of state and federal law enforcement agencies who police hunting, fishing and boating laws across the nation that are now required to wear the devices. Roughly 250 Tennessee officers who routinely interact with the public will be required to wear body cameras, spokesperson Emily Buck said. The Department of Justice provided a $340,000 start-up grant for the cameras. That is reportedly less than half the initial three-year startup costs of cameras.
(Read the full story by ANITA WADHWANI at https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/11/20/tennessee-department-of-wildlife-resources-officers-to-be-required-to-wear-body-cameras/ )