Swiss transport police officers are now on patrol with bodycams

From this Sunday, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) transport police officers will be patrolling stations and trains in Switzerland with bodycams. Each patrol will be equipped with at least one body-worn video camera. This is intended to have a de-escalating effect. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The bodycams record wide-angle video images and sound - but not continuously. According to SBB, the transport police officers trigger the recording “on an operational basis”. They announce the activation of the camera verbally. When the camera is activated, three front lights flash red and a signal tone sounds. SBB procured a total of 100 bodycams, which cost around CHF100,000 ($118,000). How many bodycams are used each day depends on the situation, said SBB spokesman Reto Schärli on request. More than 200 police officers from the transport police are deployed throughout Switzerland. + Bodycams on trains: will they keep trouble off the rails? According to Schärli ...