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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