The Toronto Police Service says small cameras that have been mounted on the vests of 100 frontline officers for the past 11 months were removed from service on Thursday.
About 100 officers from the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy, 43 Division, 55 Division and traffic services were equipped with three different models of body-worn cameras.
Cameras started rolling on May 18, 2015.
Police have been collecting feedback from the general public during the pilot and will now draft a report evaluating the effectiveness of the technology.
While the cameras were in service, members of the public were permitted to obtain footage of officers interacting with them by filing an access to information request.
The footage gathered by the cameras was encrypted and uploaded to servers at Toronto Police Headquarters.
The pilot project cost the Toronto Police approximately $500,000
A report on the cameras’ performance will be considered by the Toronto Police Services Board sometime this summer.
