25-02-2025
Overland Park Police Department to review body cam policies
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The Overland Park Police Department will spend most of 2025 reevaluating its policies.
This will be the department's first full year with a new police chief and more often than not, with new leadership comes new rules.
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Chief Doreen Jokerst was sworn in in October 2024. Last week, she expressed her plans to the public safety committee to review what she called 'high-liability policies.'
That review process will take place throughout 2025. It is too early to tell what changes are coming but one area of review is the department's body cam policy.
OPPD officers started using body cams at the tail end of 2019, and in the years since, expanded its use of them.
That trend will continue in 2026 after a budget of more than 3 million dollars was approved for new cameras.
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Ideally, these new cameras and rules will be here and established before the start of the World Cup in 2026.
The department last adjusted its body cam policy in 2024.
How they are used, who is responsible for maintaining them, and how footage is released to the public are all areas up for review.
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