North Strabane Exploring Police Body Cameras

NORTH STRABANE, Pa. — Protecting residents and police is important in North Strabane Township. Supervisors took initial steps to further that stance on Tuesday night. The supervisors authorized the police chief to apply for a Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency grant to offset the cost of supplying body cameras to the township police force. Before finalizing the unanimous vote, supervisor Harold Close stated that this is not an authorization to purchase because much more information is needed before supervisors are ready to do that. Township Manager Andrew Walz stated that the way policing is conducted in today’s world, it is always good to have more information than less and body cameras can provide that. The grant, if approved, will be for $25,000. The township will match the other $25,000 needed to fund the project. Walz had no estimate on time to implement the program if the township was to proceed.