WAILUKU >> Some Maui police officers are trying out body cameras.

The Maui Police Department says it’s part of a monthlong study that began Friday. Results of the study will help the department decide whether to implement the technology.

Various patrol officers are field-testing a body-worn camera made by VIEVU. The department plans to also test two other vendors in the coming months.

MPD received grants totaling less than $200,000 to purchase a body-worn camera system.

A committee that includes officers and police researchers has been considering the cameras for some time.

Last year some police officers tested body cameras after two vendors supplied the department with the technology for a trial run.

The Kauai Police Department last year was the first department in the state to outfit its officers with body cameras.

Kauai car crash victim identified

Police have identified the 65-year-old Kalaheo woman who died Monday in a single-car crash on Kauai as Marcia Bjornstad.

The crash occurred in Lawai at about 6 p.m. Police said Bjornstad was traveling north on Koloa Road when her Honda sedan crossed the centerline and struck a fence along the southbound shoulder of the roadway.

The vehicle flipped onto its roof before crashing into a nearby building. Police said Bjornstad died at the scene. She was the sedan’s lone occupant.