Noem Says Body Cameras Going To All Dhs Field Officers In Minneapolis

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that assemblage cameras would spell to migration agents successful Minneapolis, wherever location person been calls for accountability aft 2 deadly shootings.

Body cameras will spell to agents nationwide erstwhile backing is available, she said connected X.

Noem said that nan move was successful nan liking of transparency.

Noem and national migration enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, person travel nether scrutiny for nan actions of agents successful Minneapolis during an enforcement “surge,” including nan fatal shootings of 2 U.S. citizens.

“Effective instantly we are deploying assemblage cameras to each serviceman successful nan section successful Minneapolis,” Noem wrote.

“As backing is available, nan assemblage camera programme will beryllium expanded nationwide. We will quickly get and deploy assemblage cameras to DHS rule enforcement crossed nan country,” she said successful nan post.

Bystander video taken successful the Jan. 7 sidesplitting of Renee Good by an ICE serviceman and nan Jan. 24 fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents contradicts statements made by Noem and different officials aft nan incidents.

In nan shooting of Pretti, location is body-worn camera footage, a spokeswoman for DHS said past week.

Homeland Security investigators person videos recorded by cameras worn by aggregate agents, spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said.

The serviceman who changeable and killed Good recorded portion of nan encounter pinch a compartment phone.