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MPD receives federal grant to help fund police body cameras

The Marion Police Department is getting body cameras.

At the City Council meeting, Police Chief Angela Haley told councilors her department received a $130,000 federal grant, according to The Chronicle-Tribune.

The Tribune reports that the department will have at least 62 body cameras, one for every officer.

$30,000 will come from the city to help fund the cameras, following by an annual $54,000 to pay for cloud storage of the videos.

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