“We welcome bodies in addition to the cameras and appreciate the increased transparency and assurance,” an officer officer wrote 2021 in press release. A lot for him. Improise Published On Tuesday, a discovered report explains how the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has left its bodycam program under the Trump administration.
The DEA announced the internal change through an email, which was observed ImproiseHowever, the agency never made a formal announcement or made any public approval about it.
DEA’s email stated that it has changed Trump’s “harmful” with “harmful executive orders and initial defense of tasks”. OrderSigned on the opening day. The action canceled 78 biden-era executive orders, including the expansion of the use of body cameras of federal law enforcement.
Improise In notes that the “consistent” justification for the accountability on the program is doubtful. However, immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) defeated the punch in leaving the Dea – Shocker! – Other DOJ agencies still use them. These include US martial service and alcohol, tobacco, firearm and explosive (ATF).
The common feeling is that the sole purpose of Bodycams is to prevent law enforcement authorities from misbehaving. But this is the only part of the equation. It also protects them. David Devdvillers, a former American lawyer from the southern district of Ohio, said, “When I noticed that body camera footage was seen, most of the time is based on the allegations of a defense lawyer, which a policeman did,” said David Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devid Devidal. Improise“And I would say that 95 percent time it absorbs the police of wrongdoing.”
The study is constantly found He is correlated with low complaints against body camera officials. However, it is not clear whether it is from people who file less trivial grievances or because officers with cameras behave better. Regardless, the positive framing of the DEA of equipment of four years ago is supported by data.
DOJ began the requirement of federal agents to wear bodycam in 2021. At that time, the murder of George Floid and the resulting protests were still fresh on people’s minds. “Law enforcement and law enforcement and confidence in the law enforcement and confidence are its most effective,” wrote in September by the then Attorney General Merick Garland.
Meanwhile, an attractive contract suggests flies to the DEA abandonment in front of one of the priorities mentioned by the Trump administration. In 2021, DOJ signed a $ 30.4 million deal with Exon, which was to use their cameras and software for the federal program. Axon says the contract is still active, and about five-six parts of the amount are still going to happen. Funny is how selective it can be in chasing “government efficiency”.
This article originally appeared on Engadget
