Art. 2B.0103 GRANTS FOR BODY WORN CAMERA DATA STORAGE

Police departments in Texas that use body cameras often face high costs to store all the video data these cameras create. This rule lets those departments apply to the governor's office for a grant to help pay for that storage.

The money for these grants doesn't come from regular state tax dollars. Instead, it comes from federal funding or from gifts and donations given specifically for this purpose.

For everyday people, this rule means local police departments have a way to get financial help so they can keep using body cameras without storage costs becoming too expensive. This can help ensure police departments keep using body cameras and holding onto the video they record, since running out of money for storage might otherwise force them to delete recordings sooner or stop using the cameras altogether.