TORONTO

The Toronto Police Services Board wants to know if it would make sense to have officers use their body cameras in more situations.

Board members approved a request Thursday from outgoing chairman Alok Mukherjee to ask Chief Mark Saunders to report back in September on “the feasibility of deploying the cameras during all non-arrest, non-detention, informal interactions with members of the community as well as in investigative situations.”

The force launched a year-long pilot project to test the cameras in March.

After the meeting, Saunders stressed there was “vigorous and comprehensive research” into body cameras before the pilot began.

“We have come up with what we think is a very good starting point for how we should be implementing the body-worn cameras in this pilot and it is for investigations, it is for any time that we’re going to ask people any questions on public safety or if we’re going to ask for personal identifiers,” Saunders said.