The task force is being co-chaired by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. The purpose would be to examine how to reduce crime while maintaining public trust through measures like increased police training. Obama also plans to sign an executive order to create a Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which will include law enforcement and community leaders. The report also cites how footage from the cameras can be used to train officers. to adopt the technology when it launched a pilot program in early September.Ī report from the Justice Department, which had been in the works before the Ferguson shooting, said there’s evidence both police and civilians behave better when they know there are cameras around. Louis suburb have since started wearing the cameras, and the New York Police department became the largest department in the U.S. Obama’s staff is drafting an executive order that will require federal agencies that run the programs to work with law enforcement and civil rights and civil liberties organizations to recommend changes.ĭemands for police to wear the cameras have increased across the country since Brown’s death.
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