LAPD submits proposal to give officers body cameras

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department has submitted a proposal to allow its officers to use body cameras.

The Los Angeles Police Foundation will provide more than 800 body cameras to officers within the next several months, according to the LAPD.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti also outlined funding for about 7,000 body cameras and equipment in his 2015-16 budget proposal.

The use of body cameras has become prominent in the wake of controversial police shootings across the country.

In South Carolina, North Charleston police offered its officers body cameras after cell phone video led to the arrest of Officer Michael Slager for the murder of Walter Scott.

In Kentucky, a body camera showed an officer keeping his cool while confronting an alleged killer.

LAPD hopes the cameras will help building more trust in the community.

The Board of Police Commissioners is expected to consider the LAPD's proposal at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 28.