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Chief Charles Bordeleau has decided to equip some Ottawa police officers with body-worn cameras on a trial basis on the heels of a Toronto police report into that city’s pilot project that argues the video provides an unbiased account of police interactions with the public.

The Ottawa Police Service will roll out its own pilot project “as soon as possible,” the force said in a statement Friday.

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Toronto police now want all of their frontline officers to wear body cams, and estimate the associated costs to run about $85 million over 10 years. A nearly year-long pilot project in Toronto saw 85 officers on that force wear the cameras.

Ottawa police union president Matt Skof, who has long supported the use of body cams, says that he welcomes the project but would like to see the province foot some of the bill since municipal forces are subject to provincial oversight and provincial standards in court.