KIMBALL, Tenn. — Since approving the purchase of Eye3Witness body cameras for all its police officers in October, Kimball law enforcement officials have been working to craft guidelines for their use.
Now they have done so, and the Kimball Board of Mayor and Aldermen last week unanimously approved an official body-worn camera policy after a review by the board and police officials.
City Attorney Billy Gouger said he took the department’s provisional policy and overlaid it with the U.S. Department of Justice’s recommendations for body camera usage.
“There were 32 or 33 recommendations that [the Justice Department] stated all of these policies should address,” he said. “We made sure that Kimball’s did do that.”
The town’s policy includes 17 sections intended to “help reduce violent confrontations, uses of force, and complaints against officers.”