HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday offered the following on the Pennsylvania House passing legislation that will expand use of body-worn cameras to Office of Attorney General agents.
Senate Bill 520 authorizes the use of body cameras for OAG agents and other specified state law enforcement agencies. The bipartisan bill will go to the Governor for his signature.
“I strongly support body cameras for law enforcement who face potential danger every time they respond to a dispatch or call,” Attorney General Sunday said. “Our agents are dealing with some of the most violent individuals in the Commonwealth when they execute search warrants, make vehicle stops, and conduct arrests, and they deserve the layer of protection that cameras provide.”
Attorney General Sunday said, if signed into law, nearly 100 OAG agents will use the cameras.
“In addition to the inherent danger involved in police work, there is an obligation of public transparency — body cameras provide the officer with an indisputable account of what happened during an interaction,” Attorney General Sunday said. “I thank Senator Baker and all of the legislative leaders who pushed hard for this necessary legislation that makes our agents safer and fulfills a need for accountability and transparency.”
