WAILUKU » Maui police officers will be outfitted with body cameras this Halloween as part of a test to see whether the police department will eventually require officers to use the devices while on duty.

The Maui Police Department will test the equipment on some of the officers assigned to Front Street in Lahaina, the Maui News reported. Police are anticipating a large turnout for the Front Street activities on Halloween.

"We’re going to test the equipment and see how it works," Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu said during a Maui Police Commission meeting Wednesday at the University of Hawaii Maui College.

The cameras on Halloween are being provided by a different vendor than the one that supplied the department with body cameras for testing earlier this year.

In April, 10 officers from the Wailuku, Kihei and Lahaina patrol districts volunteered to use the cameras that fit on uniforms or sunglasses. Taser International provided the cameras at no cost as part of a pilot project to test the technology. The devices ranged in price from around $400 to $600.

After completing testing and a review of the cameras, Faaumu said that police are now looking to seek bids for the cost of the equipment to acquire about 125 cameras. Police received a $78,000 grant from the Department of Justice to help with the costs, Faaumu said.

The department will also have to consider other factors before getting the equipment, including durability, data storage and the handling of requests for video from the cameras.

"The biggest issue is the storage of the data," Faaumu said.

If the department does receive the body cameras, police are looking to reorganize the Support Services Bureau to include a unit that would manage the cameras.