2025 Police Annual Report

AXON BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND IN-CAR CAMERAS

2025 marked the third year of body-worn camera usage for the Orland Park Police Department. In 2023, specialized redaction software was acquired early in the year to assist with the increasing number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The department also secured a $52,625 grant for data storage, which helped offset associated costs, and applied for an additional grant to reimburse expenses related to camera hardware. The implementation of body-worn cameras occurred two years ahead of the mandates established under the SAFE-T Act, exemplifying the Orland Park Police Department’s continued commitment to leadership and innovation. With a cost of nearly $1 million, the police have outfitted, trained and deployed this equipment in the field for daily use. The immense amount of storage required to maintain this data and the demands of a huge uptick in FOIA requests have taxed the agency beyond their initial scope, however, we have continued to exceed expectations. Since the issuance of body-worn cameras, nearly every officer has seen the benefit of wearing them. Not only do they assist officers with recalling specific details of incidents, but they also have directly resulted in only one sustained citizen complaint on an officer for all of 2023 through 2025. Additionally, after some of the major incidents, administration is able to review the footage from several officers in order to build a more detailed and thorough debriefing of the incident. The members of the Orland Park Police Department are happy to have this resource available to them.

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