Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEA</span></a> Once Touted <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BodyCameras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodyCameras</span></a> for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.<br>The email said the agency made the change to be "consistent" with a Trump <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> rescinding the 2022 requirement that all federal <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lawenforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawenforcement</span></a> agents use body cameras. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies within the Justice Department -- <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USMarshals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMarshals</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> -- are still requiring body cameras, according to their spokespeople. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-enforcement-administration-ends-body-camera-program-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/drug-en</span><span class="invisible">forcement-administration-ends-body-camera-program-trump</span></a></p>