Austin bodycam contract up next Thursday

Next Thursday, May 19, the Austin City Council has contracts on its agenda to purchase body cameras from Taser and license plate readers from Vigilant Solutions. Check out an activist website advocating for maximal openness surrounding bodycam records.

(Ed note: Hearing date corrected from the original posting.)

See related Grits posts on bodycams:

• Looking forward, dreaming big: Bodycams are Taser's loss leaders
• State data solution makes most financial sense for agencies deploying bodycams 
• Bodcycam rollout must come with transparency
• Body cameras and the purpose of law enforcement 
• Bodycam legislation closed too many records