Kaplan Police added a new tool to their utility belt... but it's not much bigger than your thumb.
It's a camera- but why are they clipped to the officer's uniform?

"(People would) call and complain and say that our officers did certain things that didn't actually happen," says Sgt. Joshua Hardy.
So Police Chief Boyd Adams issued these small, almost hidden cameras.
"These are here so the people are treated fairly and the officers feel protected," Adams said.
Whenever there's a dispute, Adams can look back at the video of that incident and resolve it right from his laptop. He says the video serves as a second-record- when there's nothing but 'his-word versus her-word,' there's video-evidence.
"A lot of people don't agree with them," Sgt. Hardy said. "But they're more for our safety and to protect us than it is for the public's view."
Each officer on duty will have one of the cameras- equipped with a waterproof cover and about six-hours of video.
The entire package cost about $750- all paid for by your parking and speeding tickets.
According to the District Attorney, Mike Harson, almost everything recorded can be used in court.
"The threshold issue is whether the officer has the right to be where he is at the time," Harson said. "If he does, whatever contents is admissible and if he doesn't, then it'll probably be excluded."


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