As the NYPD prepares to roll out its pilot program for body cameras, it now says it will randomly select the officers who will wear them.
About 1,000 officers will be chosen from random clusters, instead of from specific, pre-selected precincts. Police officials say this process will make for better control groups.
The one-year pilot program is being overseen by a court-appointed monitor. It stems from a federal court case that found the practice of stop-and-frisk unconstitutional.
The NYPD says footage from the body camera program will not be made public. Earlier this year, NY1 requested some video through a Freedom of Information Act request, but we were denied.
The department says it does not expect body cameras to be in place before the summer of next year.