The administration revealed a multi-million-dollar program that would help police agencies pay for body cameras.
This comes after the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Obama met with members of his Cabinet about the situation and this plan is what came out of that meeting. The president is pushing a three-year, $263 million program to expand training and resources for local police departments.
$75 million of that would help PD’s buy 50,000 body cameras.
The proposed Body Worn Camera Partnership Program would give a 50 percent match to state and local police forces that purchase small, lapel-mounted cameras to record police on the job. The White House has said the cameras could help bridge mistrust between law enforcement and the public.
The cameras would also serve as great training tools for new officers.
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