The IOPC recommends that Sussex Police should change its policy to state that all non-covert arrest enquiries will have at least one officer wearing a body worn camera in attendance.
During the course of this investigation it transpired that plain clothes officers from Sussex Police are not currently able to equip body worn cameras. This means that police work such as arrest enquiries are not filmed when conducted by plain clothes officers potentially resulting in loss of evidence and offering less protection to both plain clothes officers and the public compared to when uniformed officers carry out the same enquiries.
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