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City council members in Middletown are working to get body-worn cameras for officers patrolling the streets after two shootings involving officers in two months.

The Middletown Police Department is down seven officers. Five are on administrative leave for a minimum of eight weeks, and two others out because of injuries.

A spokesperson said the BCI was requested by Middletown police after a shooting involving an officer on Park Lane Monday evening.

Middletown police shot and wounded a man they said fired a gun at officers

Butler County law enforcement has an arsenal of specialty equipment to keep people safe

Middletown High School student Cadyn Mathis “died’ in a fatal campus car crash Friday and soon after said she hoped her theatrically gruesome passing

The Butler County Sheriff's Office was awarded $168,053 from the Ohio Body Worn Camera Grant, which will supply equipment for about 100 deputies.

Middletown police are investigating the apparent shooting death of a woman Saturday night.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office has a three-year, $401,712 contract to outfit about 100 deputies, and possibly other staff, with new Axon body came

The city’s price tag for that is $128,000 per officer.