Cop cams to be worn by Ayrshire officers

Body-worn cameras, which allow police to film incidents to be used in evidence, are set to be rolled out across Ayrshire by the end of January.

- STEWART MCCONNELL

The news was confirmed by PC Andrew McNutt of Tayside Police, appearing at Monday's meeting of the North Ayrshire Police and Fire and Rescue Committee.

The rollout in U Division, which includes Ayrshire, will start in late January and then move across to Lanark, Glasgow, Paisley and Argyll and Bute.

It is being rolled out initially to 10,000 front-line police officers and by May 15, all uniformed officers should have it.

The Motorola cameras are effectively the size of a small mobile phone.