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New Jersey governor signs bill requiring body cameras for all law enforcement officers

Published  November 24, 2020 12:41pm EST
New Jersey
Associated Press

Gov. Murphy to sign legislation requiring New Jersey law enforcement officers to wear body camera

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation requiring all law enforcement officers in the state to wear body worn cameras.

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation requiring police officers on patrol duty to wear body cameras.

Murphy, a Democrat, signed the bill Tuesday during an event live-streamed online.

New Jersey joins five other states requiring law enforcement to wear the cameras, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Already about 12,000 officers in the state wear the cameras, but that’s just a third of the overall number of officers, according to the governor’s office.

The legislation requires the remaining departments to equip officers on patrol with the cameras.

Lawmakers have introduced but not yet passed a funding measure for the cameras.

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