For the past year or so, the use of body cameras on police officers has been a major talking point around the Country.
While many larger cities currently have them, smaller communities simply are unable to afford the massive price tag. On top of the upfront cost, there is also a major expense in the infrastructure of storing thousands of hours of video and paying people to skim through it if the need were to arise.
The Ashwaubenon Public Safety Department is attempting to purchase these cameras but needs to raise money to do so.
They did start the fundraising efforts this weekend, as they held a chili cook-off and fundraiser at the Stadium View Bar yesterday afternoon (March 28th).
The Department says they have received a lot of help thus far from both members of the community and from local businesses.
They have not said exactly how much money they need to raise.
