Maine ICE Shooting: Cameras Present, Not Activated Under Axon Contract
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Four ICE officials say body-worn Motorola SVX devices at the Biddeford shooting scene could record video, but the cameras were not activated and the lenses reportedly kept covered because ICE uses the SVX as radios under an Axon contract; video recording requires a subscription, and DHS plans to spend over $100 million on Axon gear for ICE. Past deadly ICE incidents stopped short of body-cam footage, and following the Maine shooting ICE paused some traffic stops amid scrutiny of camera deployment.
- ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On. The Intercept
- ICE resumes nationwide traffic stops under new policy requiring body cameras Fox News
- ICE Shootings Put Spotlight on Lack of Body Cameras The New York Times
- DHS pledged body cams for all immigration agents. Months later, that hasn’t happened NPR
- ICE says all its offices will have body cams in 60 days Axios
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