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The DEA abandons bodycams after only four years


Unsurprisingly, ICE bailed on them even earlier.

"We welcome the addition of body-worn cameras and appreciate the enhanced transparency and assurance they provide," a then-DEA official wrote in a 2021 press release. The action rescinded 78 Biden-era executive orders, including the one that expanded federal law enforcement's use of body cameras. Meanwhile, a lucrative contract suggests the DEA's abandonment flies in the face of one of the Trump administration's stated priorities.

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The DEA Is Abandoning Its Use of Body Cams | An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order.