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发帖数: 1034 | 1 December 1, 2014 10:34 AM
Kia Kokalitcheva
President Barack Obama announced $263 million in funding today for body
cameras and training for law enforcement agencies in the United States.
In the announcement, Obama said that the funding, which state and local
police would have to match, could purchase up to 50,000 body cameras. The $
263 million spending package includes expanded training and police
department reforms in addition to the cameras, which the funding allots $75
million for.
Obama is gathering today with Cabinet officials and civil rights leaders to
discuss the tense relationships between local communities and law
enforcement.
Last week, a grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson
for the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo
., triggering protests in several cities around the U.S. The case’s
witnesses provided a variety of accounts, ultimately creating an unclear
picture of the events.
Body cameras, which can record events from the point of view of the officer,
have repeatedly been brought up as potential tools to help clear up
disputes like in the Ferguson case. They can also act as an additional
accountability tool by recording police brutality.
In August, following the Brown’s death, Obama ordered a review of
governmental programs and military-style equipment disbursement to local law
enforcement. It found “a lack of consistency in how federal programs are
structured, implemented and audited.”
Obama has tasked his administration with drafting an executive order that
will ask departments to create a consistent list of equipment that police
departments are eligible for, require a local review by civilians of all
requests, and mandate training for equipment. It will also require
departments to produce after-action analysis reports when using federal
equipment, and build a database of the equipment deployed to local units. | T**********l
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: December 1, 2014 10:34 AM
: Kia Kokalitcheva
: President Barack Obama announced $263 million in funding today for body
: cameras and training for law enforcement agencies in the United States.
: In the announcement, Obama said that the funding, which state and local
: police would have to match, could purchase up to 50,000 body cameras. The $
: 263 million spending package includes expanded training and police
: department reforms in addition to the cameras, which the funding allots $75
: million for.
: Obama is gathering today with Cabinet officials and civil rights leaders to
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