Nassau County police will be paid extra for wearing body cameras

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- Police in Nassau County will start wearing body cameras this fall and will get paid extra for it.

The deal was reached Friday with the county's largest police union.


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Each officer will make an extra $3,000 a year for wearing the bodycams - at an estimated cost of $8 million a year for county taxpayers.

Police supervisors are also set to receive $3,000-a-year payments when the bodycam program is implemented.

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