The Windsor Star
WINDSOR, Ontario — A move to provide ambulances with video monitoring equipment has raised the ire of the Windsor-Essex paramedics’ union, which is claiming the new policy is breaching privacy laws. On May 6, Essex County council approved a “video monitoring” policy allowing some county facilities and employees to be recorded on camera, including paramedics.
“It’s like a dashboard camera or a police car camera,” said Bruce Krauter, chief of the Essex-Windsor EMS.
According to the policy, ambulances in Windsor-Essex County will have a dashboard camera that can view the road as well as the inside of the cab. A shield and back seat in the vehicle will prevent this camera from recording a patient inside the ambulance.
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