In an unanimous vote Monday, Smyrna's City Council agrees to equip the city's police force with body cameras.

Smyrna Police Chief David Lee says the department had been discussing body cameras even before last month's fatal shooting in Vinings.  Officers fired on 23-year-old Nicholas Thomas after they claim he drove at them in a Maserati.

The GBI is investigating the March 24 shooting.  The officer involved, Sergeant Kenneth Owens, remains on administrative leave.

The city will spend just over $68,000 on 75 body cameras.  Chief Lee says it may be at least six weeks before they are in use in the field.  A six-person committee is working to put together protocols about how officers will use the cameras and how long the video is stored.

Chief Lee believes the body cameras will benefit his officers and the public. "I think it will be there to protect the officer as much as everyone else," he tells the Marietta Daily Journal.  "I think it's a win-win."