ICE is rejecting a Government Accountability Office recommendation for technology that automatically activates body cameras when weapons are drawn and safeguards to ensure agents record arrests, searches and detentions when required.
Federal investigators found gaps in guidance for immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, raising concerns about whether the agencies can ensure the devices are used as required.
A government report urges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure body-worn cameras are activated when needed, suggesting automatic activation in certain situations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement disagrees, citing privacy concerns.
The agency rejected the recommendation, saying that using cameras that automatically activate when an officer pulls their weapon or activates a car siren could risk privacy concerns.
An independent federal watchdog said Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) lacks the ability to assure its agents are activating body-worn cameras when they are required to do so, according to a report released publicly on Wednesday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resisted a recommendation from a government watchdog to use automated body camera activation that would engage when a weapon is drawn. A Wednesday report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed ICE’s deployment of body cameras after his…
