{"id":19787,"date":"2019-10-28T17:27:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T00:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19787"},"modified":"2019-10-28T17:27:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T00:27:53","slug":"doj-to-allow-body-cameras-in-joint-task-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19787","title":{"rendered":"DOJ to allow body cameras in joint task forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department will permit local police officers to wear body cameras during joint task force operations with federal agents in a pilot program,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mtnsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvbtbsdd_rrgcggnrnpcgtrnjjcgn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mtnsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvbtbsdd_rrgcggnrnpcgtrnjjcgn.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1572387210419000&amp;usg=AFQjCNElI7q4610T6UD6Le0HbTdwGDqdZA\">the department announced Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot program will allow officers participating on federal task forces to wear cameras when serving arrest warrants and executing search warrants, according to a department press release. The program will begin Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are some of the most dangerous jobs in law enforcement, and I am grateful for the sacrifice of those who serve,&#8221; Attorney General William Barr said in the release. &#8220;The Department of Justice has no higher priority than ensuring the safety and security of the American people and this pilot program will continue to help us fulfill that mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The department release states the decision arose out of &#8220;input and guidance&#8221; from state and local law enforcement leaders as well as other federal agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department will permit local&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19788,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19787\/revisions\/19788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}