West London parks police to wear body cameras to cut crime

 
10 January 2014

Parks police officers in west London are to be equipped with body worn cameras for dealing with anti-social behaviour and other minor offences.

round 30 of the council employed officers - whose powers are limited - in the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham are to get the cameras.

The officers usually deal with dog fouling and fighting, litterers, drunks and anti-social behaviour.

The councils say the cameras, which cost £300 each, will speed up prosecutions and help cut crime.

Greg Smith, the leader of Hamersmith & Fulham, said : “Video footage is much more effective in securing convictions than verbal accounts, which can be challenged. “

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