Clackamas County Sheriff's Office issued the following announcement on May 5.
In November 2021, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office began field-testing body-worn cameras for its Patrol deputies and other sworn personnel. The program has now expanded to 100 camera systems in the field.
You can watch a video with CCSO Deputy Diaz discussing the body-worn camera program here, on our YouTube channel: 
https://youtu.be/_f5KKFYhbBE
After extensive field-testing, in January 2022 the Sheriff’s Office began equipping Patrol deputies serving unincorporated Clackamas County and the contract cities of Estacada, Happy Valley and Wilsonville with body-worn cameras. The program is expected to be fully deployed in the next few months.
Oregon law specifically regulates law enforcement use and operation of body-worn cameras, the public disclosure of body-worn camera video, and requires agencies to adopt a body-worn camera policy. You can access the Sheriff’s Office policy here: CCSO Policy # 41 BWC. Relevant Oregon laws are referenced in the answers to frequently asked questions section which can be found here: https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/bwcprogram.html
The Body Worn Camera Program allows the Sheriff’s Office to increase officer safety, strengthen evidence for cases and increase trust and transparency within our community.
Voters approved the body-worn camera program in May 2021 when they passed Measure 3-566, a five-year public safety levy. After the levy's passage, the Sheriff's Office selected Axon as its body-worn camera vendor. CCSO has also updated its Tasers to Axon's new seventh-generation devices and will transition to Axon's vehicle cameras, thereby putting CCSO's body-worn, Taser, and vehicle cameras on the same software platform.
The levy also funded a fill-time Sheriff's Office IT professional to manage the body-worn camera program equipment.
Original source can be found here.
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