IUPUI’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs is hosting a forum tonight on police-worn body cameras.

In April IMPD will take part in a forum on body cameras with local and national experts as well as representatives of police departments using the devices.

About 10 officers are wearing their own cameras and about a dozen others are considering buying them.

Friday marks the date on which most of the legislation approved this past session by the General Assembly takes effect.

The legislation will give the public more access to body camera footage than ever before.

A bill regulating when police body camera videos are released to the public cleared one of its last major legislative hurdles Tuesday with the Senate’s near-unanimous passage of the measure.

Legislation governing how police body camera videos are released to the public underwent significant changes in a Senate committee Wednesday. Now, all sides of the issue largely support the measure.

The bill, which passed the House last month, would give agencies discretion, but would also allow a person to seek a court order if they're able to prove releasing the footage would not cause harm and is in the public interest.

A House bill governing how police body camera videos are released to the public is not likely to pass the Senate without significant changes.

House Republicans rejected an amendment Monday that would have made it easier for the public to claim access to police body camera videos.