Following the ICE Shooting, the US will Install Bodycam for the Police in Minneapolis

JAKARTA - United States (US) Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that her party would soon install body cameras for all law enforcement officers serving in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"Starting now, we will put body cameras on every officer who is on duty in the field in Minneapolis," Noem said via the X social media platform, as reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Tuesday, February 3.

The statement was made after his meeting with Border Patrol Chief Tom Homan, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons, and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott.

Noem added that as funding becomes available, the body camera program will be expanded to all regions of the US.

"We will quickly hold and distribute body cameras for law enforcement officers under the Department of Homeland Security across the country," he said.

The announcement comes amid a wave of protests against ICE operations as well as a shooting incident by federal immigration officials that has lasted more than a month in the state.

Demonstrations have escalated after the death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, from a shooting by immigration officers last month, as well as the murder of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three children aged 37, on January 7.

The shooting of Pretti has heightened tensions, with local and state leaders demanding an independent investigation and questioning federal cooperation with local authorities.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said the decision to install the body camera was not from him.

"I left it to him," Trump told reporters at the White House, referring to Noem.

Trump assessed that body cameras tend to have a positive impact on law enforcement because they can prevent manipulation of facts in the field.

"If he wants to implement the use of cameras, I don't mind," he said.