Elkhart Mayor Tim Neese has pulled all of the Elkhart Police Department’s body cameras off the streets.

Nearly a quarter of the 80 being used aren't working. The issue came to light after a deadly shooting where the officer's camera wasn't working.

The city and police department had high hopes for body cameras, but problems landed more of them in the shop instead of on the streets.

Early tests on them didn't indicate any problems using them

"We expect there to be some problems, but we didn't expect to have as many issues as what we have had -- 25 percent of them currently in repair,” said Elkhart Police Department’s Chris Snyder.

Elkhart Mayor Tim Neese is not happy with that number. He suspended the use of them after consulting with police.

"We are temporarily going to discontinue use of vest cams and the consensus is that the inconsistency or the irregularly of vest cams working is really worse than not having them, and so I want to emphasize that is on a temporary basis,” said Neese.

Since the 80 body cameras were officially brought on board last year and put out in the field, the city says the department has experienced a wide range of technical problems with them, ranging from radio interference to wiring and the battery life.

Police were hoping body cameras would shed light into the investigation of a Dec. 4 officer-involved shooting, but that officer's camera had malfunctioned before the incident.

That incident and other problems led the mayor to pull the cameras.

“It’s just been really a series of vest cams that have malfunctioned,” Neese said.

“You never know when they are working or not working properly. It’s very disruptive to law enforcement to go back and then find out something you thought was captured on video never got captured,” Snyder said.