US EditionFederal Agents to Use Body Cameras in Minneapolis, Noem Says
- On Monday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced all federal agents in Minneapolis will be issued body cameras, stating `Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis`.
- Amid intense scrutiny over two recent deaths in Minneapolis, the Jan. 24 killing of Alex Pretti and Jan. 7 of Renee Good prompted Noem to say all federal agents will wear body cameras.
- Noem said the program will expand nationwide as funding becomes available, noting a DHS bill included $20,000,000 and some 3,000 agents are deployed to Minneapolis.
- Friday, the Department of Justice confirmed it had opened a civil-rights probe, while oversight committees demand DHS officials testify, as 6 out of 12 annual bills remain unsigned.
- With shifting partisan comments — including recent Republican endorsements — a federal judge ordered agents to wear cameras last year, and President Joe Biden ordered body cameras in 2022, while President Donald Trump rescinded that directive and recently voiced support.
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Every DHS officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says
Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents.
Noem gives feds in Minnesota body cameras as Pretti death ruled a homicide
Agents conducting immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota must wear body cameras under a new order from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Secretary Noem announced on Monday that all federal agents deployed in Minnesota would receive body cameras, following scrutiny over recent clashes with protesters. She said the department would issue more cameras once funding is approved. “As funding is available, the body camera program will b…
The decision of the secretary to internal security Noem. The tycoon: "I did not choose, but generally this measure is useful"
Minister of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announces on X that the body cameras will also be deployed nationwide in the future. The Democrats had previously called for this in the dispute over ICE operations.
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