Thousands of Border Patrol agents and officers will soon be outfitted with body-worn cameras, a move that immigration advocates said would probably improve accountability at the agency.
Customs and Border Protection has already outfitted an initial group of agents and officers with the cameras, and expects to deploy 6,000 cameras by year’s end, the agency said in a news release.
The cameras are intended to “provide greater transparency into interactions between CBP officers and agents and the public,” Customs and Border Protection acting Commissioner Troy Miller said in a statement.The agency, which began studying the need for cameras in 2014, joins a host of local and state departments that in recent years have embraced the devices. The Justice DepartmentImmigration advocates welcomed the deployment.
Border Patrol personnel will be responsible for activating their own body cameras, which will be worn on the front of their uniforms, Customs and Border Protection said in a. The cameras will run in the background, and will save footage beginning two minutes before the camera is activated. The footage, the agency said, will be retained “based upon the nature of the recorded incident and its evidentiary value.
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