Romeoville police officers are poised to begin using body cameras. | Unsplash/LOGAN WEAVER
Romeoville police officers are poised to begin using body cameras. | Unsplash/LOGAN WEAVER
Romeoville Police Chief Ken Kroll reported on Feb. 8 that police officers are poised to begin using body cameras as a way of improving their job skills and performance.
The law requires towns with populations of less than 50,000 to implement body cameras by Jan. 1, 2025, according to Shaw Local News. Towns with populations of at least 50,000, but less than 100,000, must implement them by Jan. 1, 2024.
“This is going to give the police department an opportunity to break down film, just like professional athletes, and get better at our jobs,” Kroll said.
Kroll’s department is part of a growing number of police departments across Will County that are equipping their officers with body cameras as required under the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.
Police departments in Joliet, New Lenox and the Will County Sheriff’s Office already have equipped their officers with body cameras. Departments in Bolingbrook, Lockport and Crest Hill have yet to implement body cameras, and officers in Shorewood have just started using them.
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