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00:21Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander says government will have to work with the resources it has as questions are
00:30being raised about whether the police service has enough functioning body cameras to meet a key safeguard in government's proposed
00:38special operations bill.
00:40Under the proposed legislation, police officers and members of the defense force carrying out special operations will be required to
00:48use body-worn cameras.
00:50Yesterday, Police Commissioner Alistair Guevaro revealed that there are just over 100 functioning body cameras in the service.
00:58When asked today whether there will be enough cameras to meet that requirement, the Homeland Security Minister had this to
01:04say.
01:07We will work with what we have.
01:09But what do you have?
01:12What do we have?
01:13You know that would have been easier, right? I'll tell you a couple years ago that would have been easier.
01:17If the police in 2020 didn't go and take a loan for $200 million, pay $9 million for seven years,
01:24and then at the end of the expiration period, that would pay back $200 million.
01:29The government recently cancelled a nearly $25 million contract for 3,000 body-worn cameras, saying the move will save
01:38taxpayers millions of dollars.
01:40We'll call us at $25 million investors.
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