Police chiefs have vowed that footage captured on officers’ body cameras will be deleted.

They said the security of recorded data is of ‘utmost importance' to the force after concerns were raised over the storage of footage captured on the cameras.

West Yorkshire Police has allocated £2m to fund body cameras to provide an ‘independent witness’ to help with evidence gathering thereby improving the criminal justice system.

But an investigation by Sky News revealed that cameras sold by American firm Taser, are automatically uploading videos to a third-party computer cloud storage system.

Now, West Yorkshire Police has said it will not use the commercial “cloud” system again and are seeking assurances from Taser that all their video has been deleted.

The force was one of hundreds around the world which took part in a research project last year with Cambridge University, with 160 cameras used by officers.

Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Isabel Owen, said: “The security of data that has been held or recorded is of the utmost importance so that people in all our communities can rightly have confidence in the process.”

West Yorkshire Police, Assistant Chief Constable Andy Battle added: “The security of information we hold is of extreme importance and continues to be a priority in all areas of our work.

“Body worn cameras have shown to have significant benefits for both victims and witnesses of crime and we are currently buying them for the entire organisation so that they can be used across the whole county, keeping our communities safer and feeling safer.

“All future data will be stored locally on secure West Yorkshire Police servers.”