US EditionFederal Agents to Use Body Cameras in Minneapolis, Noem Says
Following two fatal shootings by federal agents, DHS Secretary Noem mandates body cameras for Minneapolis agents with plans for nationwide rollout as funding allows.
- 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agents to wear cameras last year, and President Joe Biden ordered body cameras in 2022, while President Donald Trump rescinded that directive and recently voiced support.
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Federal officers in Minneapolis will have body-worn video cameras after US immigration agents shot and killed two protesters, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Monday.
Critics have long advocated for cameras to monitor whether officers are complying with the rules.
All National Security agents in Minneapolis, including those of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE), will be immediately given body cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest consequences of the shooting death of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents. Noem said that the body camera program is expanding nationwide as funds become available. “We will quickly acquire and deploy body cameras for DHS law en…
After the fatal shots at two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, federal forces will be carrying body cameras there in the future, and the Democrats have enforced a demand in Congress.
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