ICE equips officers with body cameras by September

ICE to outfit officers with body cameras by September

• ICE said its field officers nationwide will have body-worn cameras by the end of September after years of delays.
• The agency's body-worn camera policy calls for releasing video of shootings and encounters in which agents cause death or serious injury only after determining release "is in the best interests of the agency."
• The policy gives ICE's director discretion to release recordings that reflect well on the agency while working to keep others from public view, experts said.
• Christopher Schneider of Brandon University said the policy treats cameras as "contemporary image-work tools" to present police to the public in the most favorable way possible.
• The rollout follows recent fatal shootings by officers enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown that intensified pressure for accountability.