Federal Agents to Use Body Cameras in Minneapolis, Noem Says
Federal law enforcement officers attempt to disperse demonstrators protesting outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota on Jan. 15.
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/BloombergHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that “every officer” in the field in Minneapolis will wear a body camera after a national outcry over the killings of two US citizens in the city, potentially easing the path to pass a government funding deal.
“Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis,” Noem said in a post on X. “As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” Noem added.