GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Some city police will start wearing body cameras in March, and every Grand Rapids Police officer could have one by the end of the year.

Grand Rapids city administrators on Tuesday laid out a 12-point plan to improve community relations with police. Body cams are a part of the plan. Here are the basic details:

Police Chief David Rahinsky responds to a question at an NAACP forum in December at Baxter Community Center.

• Start deploying body cameras in March, with every officer wearing one by the end of the year

• Develop protocols for use of body cameras

• Have an outside police agency investigate any officer-involved-shooting instead of GRPD's internal affairs department

• Mandate cultural competency training and bias training for Grand Rapids cops

• Conduct an independent study of why minorities get arrested more than whites

• Change hiring models to increase minority and women officers

• Conduct a new, racial profiling study on traffic stops

• Expand community policing practices by hiring more officers

• Develop a public education campaign about the Civilian Appeals Board

• Develop a policy on use of surveillance equipment to protect public privacy

• Review diversity/inclusion policies and practices

• Update GRPD's strategic plan

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City Manager Greg Sundstrom said the costs of implementing the recommendations is "unknown," but he estimated it at $1.5 million or more.

"This will be a significant cost that at this time is not earmarked in any budget," he said.

The plan stems from local calls for the recording devices after a grand jury decided not to indict a Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager last summer. LINC Community Revitalization, Inc. rallied people to a December commission meeting and urged city leaders to deploy body cams within 60 days.

Darel Ross, LINC co-executive director, said Sundstrom "did a good job responding to the voice of the community." Now, city leadership must enact policy that "reflects the spirit of his proposal," he said.

Matt Vande Bunte covers government for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at mvandebu@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter and Facebook.