ToplineU.S. Border Patrol agents will begin wearing body cameras, the Customs and Border Protection announced Wednesday, with 6,000 of its nearly 20,000 agents expected to have to wear a camera by the end of the year. A Border Patrol agent watches as a people walk across the Rio Grande on their way to turning ... [+] themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas on June 15, 2021. Key BackgroundThe Border Patrol more than doubled its number of agents between fiscal year 2000 and its peak of 21,444 agents in fiscal year 2011. CBP began studying body cameras in 2014 and tested them in 2018, recommending that some officers wear them. That’s the percentage increase in the number of border patrol agents since fiscal year 2000, when about 9,000 agents were on staff.

Source: Forbes August 04, 2021 23:20 UTC