RCMP Body Cameras to Cost $131 Million Over Five Years: Budget Officer

A Phoenix Police Department officer reaches for a new Axon Body 2 body camera as the precinct gets cameras assigned to them on July 3, 2019, in Phoenix. Outfitting RCMP officers with body-worn cameras at 700 detachments will cost an estimated $131 million over five years.ROSS D. FRANKLIN/The Canadian Press/AP

OTTAWA—As Mounties move forward to outfit officers with body-worn cameras, the parliamentary budget officer estimates it will cost $131 million over five years.

A costing note Thursday said the RCMP is expected to purchase 12,500 camera subscriptions for use across the country at 700 detachments.