I was a Police Officer in Kansas in the Mid 1990's and our video cams always activated when the emergency lights where activated. You could also use it as a video recorder with a zoom when conducting surveillance. I loved the things! Came in handy during court!

Will they record all the times they use the car for personal use? Like I mentioned in another article. Car 963 on the roof, in the Kroger parking lot in Benton over the weekend shopping in civilian attire. Or the one that shops with his female at Harps on Salem and highway 5? So just what do they record. I am telling you right now, if I get elected Sheriff of Saline County in 2014 no one will take a car home unless they own it. Moonlighting will stop too. Get ready, because it will be here before you know it. They can all get mad and walk out? Guess What? Have you seen the unemployment rate? I'll hire all veterans. They never have gotten to take a car home at taxpayers expense or work a second job and use a patrol car at the taxpayers expense. Seems to me if these have to be turned on it will be at the officers discretion. I guess that way when they pick up a "DATE" they can turn them off.

The majority of the old cars already have cameras, and Sgt. Davis tells FOX16 that they usually start recording when the blue lights come on or the officer opens the door. Having the video allows officers to get feedback from their supervisors. Sgt. Davis tells FOX16 that officers will need some training, but it won’t be extensive. They just need to know how to turn the cameras on and off and how to record. If the old cars have cameras that automatically come on when their blue lights come on or the officer step out of the car. Why is it now the officers have to be trained on the new cameras. They should operate the same way as the old cameras. So what make any of us think the officers will turn the cameras on??? It seems as though they have a choice..

They just conveniently lose anything they don't want used or have a convenient camera malfunction.

Now if only they can remember to turn the cameras on.

The public sure needs them. What with all the crooked cop reports in the news anyway. I didn't wait for cameras in the cars. I bought my own voice recorder smaller than a pack of smokes. I have a camera system on my mind right know. Looked at some for as low as 15 hundred. I can always tell how it is going to go as soon as the run my info. If he smiles it will be OK. If he frees up his gun I know it will be bad. I never could figure out why it comes back approach with caution. I want everyone to know what happened if things go wrong. Sometimes it is hard to be polite and compliant with a butt hole. There is a place to post this kind of thing where you can get public feedback.

I guess this is because of the two dope brothers that got caught by the feds selling dope!

Can't get new cars, but they sure can have a camera so the officer won't cuss nobody. Maybe they need to look at hiring new officers.

Great idea. All Police cars should have in-car cameras. Now Pulaski County Sheriff need to step up and be accountable and install cameras.