Wednesday, March 3, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Outlaws hit the mat for wrestling DCSO chooses body-cam system The Deschutes County Sheriff 9s Office (DCSO) has settled on a pick for a body-cam and in-car camera system. In November 2020, DCSO began field testing body-worn and in-car cam- era systems. They tested two different brands of camera systems for 60 days. Each deputy testing the camera systems utilized each brand of camera system for 30 days. The testing consisted of not only field use of each camera system, but the evaluation of software, data storage requirements, data storage cost, and customer service. After receiving input from the testing deputies, information technologies (IT) department, and the automotive fleet manager, the Sheriff9s Office decided to outfit DCSO deputies and vehicles with Safe Fleet- Coban camera systems. DCSO plans on having body cameras issued to all patrol deputies starting the week of May 3. DCSO will also be outfitting patrol cars with the in-car camera sys- tem. Installing the cameras in patrol vehicles will be done in phases. Policy for the body- and in-car camera systems is still being developed, but DCSO reports that it will be completed prior to May 3. The policy will be available to view at www. sheriff.deschutes.org when it is finalized. PHOTO PROVIDED DCSO has selected the Safe Fleet- Coban camera system.