Preparing RCMP body-cam evidence for court will be monumental task, prosecutor says [Video]

The RCMP is phasing-in the use of body-worn cameras across the country and expects 90 per cent of frontline members to be wearing them within a year.  

While the cameras could provide useful evidence for criminal cases, they will also mean “a massive undertaking,” according to Shara Munn, president of the New Brunswick Crown Prosecutors Association.

She said prosecutors are unable to keep up with current cases as it is, and this will mean a “huge influx of work.”

“It’s something that we’re certainly thinking about, worried about, trying to talk to government about, and get the ear of someone so that we can hopefully get ahead of this,” Munn said.

“Oftentimes it takes government a long time to get those wheels rolling to address things, and then we end up being very reactive, and that’s just not a good way to run a justice system.