ICE says it will only release body cam footage when it's in agency's 'best interests'

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to equip all of its field officers with body cameras by the end of September, but the agency’s policy does not require the automatic release of video from deadly or serious encounters.

The agency says it will release that footage only if it determines doing so is in the agency’s “best interests.”

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to equip all of its field officers with body cameras by the end of September, but the agency’s policy does not require the automatic release of video from deadly or serious encounters.

The agency says it will release that footage only if it determines doing so is in the agency’s “best interests.”

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