New South Wales police and public transport workers are being fitted with body-mounted safety cameras.

The devices are used to record antisocial and dangerous behaviour, but can also be used to capture misconduct by the person wearing the camera.

NSW TrainLink staff will be some of the first public transport employees in Australia to test the devices, while the NSW Police Force (NSWPol) has already started rolling out body-worn video cameras for frontline police.

“We’re trialling this technology with the aim of reducing incidents that could harm staff and customers or make them feel unsafe,” Transport and Infrastructure Minister Andrew Constance said.

“The small cameras are wearable and can live-stream images of incidents to a central control room for an immediate response from authorities if necessary.”

He said recordings of passenger disruptions would be provided to police when required, as well as being used by NSW TrainLink staff for training.

Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has launched the Body-Worn Video (BWV) technology rollout at the Eastern Beaches Local Area Command.

Commissioner Scipione said police would wear the cameras to record incidents or events where visual and audio evidence would support an investigation.

Police will be allowed to choose when to activate the BWV in operational policing activities, and if they deem recording to be in the public interest.

“The vision will essentially be used for evidence gathering to support prosecutions, but it will also allow Police to analyse interactions, improve practices and support Officer training and education,” Commissioner Scipione said.

NSWPol completed a trial of BWV camera technology in 2013 and 2014, which they say proved the viability of the concept to support frontline Police.

NSWPol will be using the M-View Oncall Wi-fi Pro camera and the Fujitsu/M-View software platform.

More information can be found on the NSWPol website.