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Homeland Security

Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 17th, 2021

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Briefing

Axon supplies a range of body-worn cameras. Photo: Axon

Customs and Border Protection has begun equipping its first group of Border Patrol agents with Axon-supplied body-worn cameras to enhance policing practices and reinforce trust and transparency. The agency conducted a feasibility study of body-worn cameras in 2014 and a second evaluation in 2018 and has now established Incident-Driven Video Recording Systems as a program of record. The cameras initially will be deployed to Border Patrol locations to be followed by select Office of Field Operations ports of entry throughout…

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