Trudeau Promises to Push Police Body Cameras With Premiers to Aid ‘Transparency’

Trudeau Promises to Push Police Body Cameras With Premiers to Aid ‘Transparency’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks to the podium for a news conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on June 8, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s planning to push provincial premiers to equip police with body-worn cameras as a rapid, substantive solution to allegations of racism and brutality.

The cameras document police officers’ interactions with the public and Trudeau says they’re one relatively simple way to address complaints that police in Canada treat racialized people unfairly.