Police body cameras could cost Buffalo Grove $300,000, chief says
Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steven Casstevens Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2019
Updated 5/4/2021 5:43 PM Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steven Casstevens told the village board Monday that the body camera mandate in the state's criminal justice reform bill will cost the village at least $300,000. Among its many provisions, the legislation requires every law enforcement agency in the state to equip its officers with body cameras. Buffalo Grove must have them for sworn officers by Jan. 1, 2025.
Casstevens said he strongly supports body cameras but called the law an unfunded mandate. Police agencies will be scrambling for money to pay for the cameras, with limited funds available through the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. The most the village could expect from the agency is $24,000, he added.