Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The city of Montreal has considered police body cameras for years. This vest was photographed during a Montreal pilot project in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A body camera on a police vest is photographed during the launch of a pilot project on May 18, 2016 at Montreal city hall. (Credit ...

Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher says he’s in favour of equipping officers with body cameras but can’t say when the measure could finally be implemented, despite a renewed push from city hall.

A coalition of civil rights and community groups is urging the city of Montreal to equip its police officers with body cameras and asking the new administration to clarify its position on the issue.