Austin Police Department Chief of Staff Brian Manley told the City Council Public Safety Committee on Monday that the department plans to release a request for bids for police body cameras in “very early November.” Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo and several assistant chiefs, Manley said, were at a conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, where they were meeting with body camera vendors about available technology. “We don’t have a specific date yet, as we want to see what the feedback is we get when the chief returns,” said Manley. Council approved $3 million in funding for a police body camera pilot project when it adopted the current budget in September.
Call for body cam bids to go out early November
