Federal funding need to be directed to those local law enforcement agencies that wanted to buy the cameras and cannot afford the technology without financial aid.

Some local police departments have plenty of money, and some of them don’t. And if they like the idea of the cameras, they need federal funding. It can solve a lot of problems for police. It can also solve a lot of problems – period. Police are accused of things and oftentimes you see the body cameras and, all of the sudden, they didn’t do anything wrong. This is a positive aspect for the police departments to consider, but it really would depend on the department itself.

Exposure to Death and Loss By Law Enforcement and their Families

Police officers face physical, mental, and emotional injuries on the job. A large proportion of officer deaths are due to poor physical and mental health and substance abuse. Car accidents are the number one cause of officer death, and officers die from suicide 2.4 times as often as homicide.

Danger, loss and death are embedded in a law enforcement career. From the onset of their initial training, officers learn about protecting themselves and the citizens they serve. They are instructed that survival on the streets is paramount and that even routine incidents may escalate to potentially life-threatening ones. During this training and annual refresher training, they receive consistent reminders pertaining to the criticality of physical survival.

The Support Our Police PAC will endorse all legislators that  co-sign bills that will INCREASE death benefits for police killed in the line of duty and for their families.