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Radio Leicester,3 mins

How bodycams for bouncers are helping to reduce night time crime in one Leicestershire town.

Jim Davis and Jo Hayward

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Door staff at clubs and pubs in Ashby are welcoming the idea to wear small cameras on their jackets in a bid to cut down on crime. For the past week or so bouncers have been equipped with body cameras, about the same size as an identity badge, to help reduce the amount of night time anti-social behaviour in the towns. The Bodycam scheme is the latest part of a long running campaign organised by the Safer North West Leicestershire Partnership. Our reporter Kristina Hrywnak went on a night out in Ashby to see how the scheme works...

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