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After years of debate, Montreal police officers will soon be equipped with body cameras, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says.

Martinez Ferrada made the announcement alongside the city’s police chief and the head of the police brotherhood Friday.

Montreal also plans to adopt a rule banning insults toward city employees, including police. If adopted, police would have new powers to issue fines for someone who insults them or another municipal employee.

The goal of the bylaw is to protect city employees from abuse, not to prevent criticism, Martinez Ferrada said.

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