The United States Justice Department has said that Barack Obama's administration will provide $20 million in grants to local police departments to help buy body cameras for officers.
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US president to provide $20 million for police body cameras
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake had earlier said that she would launch a body-camera pilot program after a black man died from a spinal injury while in police custody.
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According to Reuters, demand for the cameras, which clip onto officers' uniforms to record interactions with citizens, has risen amid a series of deadly altercations between police and unarmed black men, followed by protests in several American cities.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake had earlier said that she would launch a body-camera pilot program after a black man died from a spinal injury while in police custody.
Meanwhile, some critics have accused Obama of doing too little to respond to the shootings, even as Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the United States should make sure every police department has body cameras.
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But the cameras are expensive for police departments still struggling to regain pre-recession funding levels.
In the wake of the development, the American Civil Liberties Union has warned that body camera use must be governed by standards that protect the privacy of those being recorded.
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