Bedford County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Office
In July 2017, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, an FY2016 BJA BWC-PIP grantee, expanded their Body-Worn Camera (BWC) program to include the field division, school resource officers, civil process servers, courtroom security, vice/narcotics, and criminal investigations. Bedford County sergeants regularly review BWC videos to identify examples of model officer performance and examples of suboptimal responses. With permission of the officers involved, these videos are then used for training purposes, which officers have reported as beneficial to their performance and has increased officer acceptance of the cameras.
