A new contract requiring body cameras has been ratified for supervisors in the police department in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Springfield City Council approved a new four-year contract with the union representing 76 sergeants, lieutenants, and captains in the police department.
The supervisors agreed to the same body camera requirements that patrol officers have, according to police Capt. Brian Keenan, the supervisors’ union president.
" As supervisors, we see them as an important tool in 21st Century policing and we look forward to having them," Keenan said about including the body-worn camera requirement in the new contract.
City officials have not said when the police will start wearing body cameras.
The new contract comes with pay raises totaling 14 percent.
There is a new residency requirement in the contract. Officers hired after July 1, 2018 must live in Springfield for at least 10 years if they remain employed by the police department.
