US Border Patrol to Test Dashboard Cameras Amid Complaints of Deadly Force Against Immigrants David Iaconangelo - Latin Times
go to original September 26, 2013

Fault Lines travels to the border town of Nogales - currently the nexus for this increasingly lawless law enforcement - to meet the Mexican families who have lost their young sons at the hands of US agents who many accuse of being immune from the law. (AlJazeeraEnglish)

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that it would test putting cameras on the dashboards of Border Patrol vehicles and overhaul basic training for new agents working the nation's borders, in response to criticism resulting from agents' use of deadly force at the US-Mexico border.

In addition to the dashboard cameras, US Customs and Border Protection says it might also do a test run of lapel cameras attached to agents' uniforms, and rework internal oversight of use-of-force reports and training.  The cameras are meant to protect agents from false allegations and determine when an officer may have used excessive force.  The American Civil Liberties Union blames CBP for the deaths of at least 19 people since 2010.

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