This post was written by Hatchet reporter Anthony Tusino.

Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation Wednesday outlining the use of body cameras for more than 2,800 Metropolitan Police Department officers.

The new program provides funding for an additional 2,400 MPD officers to be outfitted with the cameras, an extension of a 400-officer pilot program that began this fall. The new program will go into effect Jan. 29, 2016.

Bowser changed her stance on allowing the public to access footage from the body cameras this summer, approving a plan that would allow more footage to be available from D.C. officers than from officers in any other U.S. city. The legislation includes specific guidelines about what types of videos will be open to the public.

Bowser said in a release Tuesday that the cameras would not only increase accountability for police officers but would also improve community relations with the police department.

“The legislation strikes an important balance between transparency and individual privacy,” Bowser said.

Body cameras have been increasingly used by police departments across the country, and footage from the cameras has been introduced as pieces of evidence in several cases involving alleged shootings by officers.

Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie, who is also chair of the Judiciary Committee, said in a release that the legislation is a “huge victory for transparency and accountability,” but he criticized an amendment to the bill that allows officers to review footage before writing daily reports.

“I am concerned that officers may only describe what is in the video, rather than provide their complete and unfiltered memory of events,” McDuffie said.

The legislation aims for every officer who interacts with the public to record their interactions, but ensures that interactions in cases of stalking, domestic violence and sexual assault to be shielded from public view, according to the program.

Funding for the body cameras was approved by the D.C. Council in September.