A metro group says the Oklahoma City Police Department needs to bring back the body cam program and that the policy disagreements should have been settled a long time ago.

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Members of the Oklahoma City community are urging the Oklahoma City Police Department and its union to get the body cameras back in service.NAACP OKC Chapter President Garland Pruitt said the organization has been pushing the city to get the body cameras in place for years. He also said that since the decision was made to purchase the recording devices, the city and union had more than enough time to figure out a policy.“The city itself should have known in advance what they required or what (they) needed to work out in advance of the purchase,” he said. “They all knew it was coming.”Just this week, he said a community member approached the organization about a police misconduct case, something the body cameras, he said, could help clear up.“If you’re not doing anything that is breaking the law, unfair unequal, and unjust, you shouldn’t have anything to worry about,” Pruitt said of the officers and citizens concerned about the cameras.Union Vice President Mark Nelson said the Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police and city officials have not yet decided on a date to begin policy talks, but the cameras should be back out in some weeks.“I don’t think anyone’s dragging their feet. We are right in step with them,” Nelson said. “We are looking forward to getting them back on just as soon as we possibly can.”He said the process takes time to get right.“In the end, the result from a well-thought-out, a well-negotiated policy will benefit everybody better,” Nelson said.A spokesperson for the police department also confirmed the process is moving along and the department is trying to get the body cameras back on officers as soon as possible.