Minneapolis Gets Federal Body Cams: DHS Expands Transparency Push
TL;DR
Federal immigration officers in Minneapolis will start wearing body cameras immediately, with a nationwide rollout planned as funding allows. The move follows two fatal shootings in the metro area captured by bystanders and is framed by DHS as a transparency effort, though coverage with body cameras varies across agencies (ICE/CBP have thousands of other cameras).
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- Federal officers in Minneapolis to start wearing body cams, DHS says The Washington Post
- Judge wipes away order requiring feds to preserve evidence gathered at Alex Pretti shooting scene CNN
- Federal officers in Minneapolis to get body cameras 'effective immediately' BBC
- Kristi Noem says all federal agents will begin wearing body cameras on patrols The Guardian
- Judge lifts order to preserve evidence in Alex Pretti shooting Politico
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