“We welcome the addition of body-worn cameras and appreciate the enhanced transparency and assurance they provide,” a then-DEA official wrote in a 2021 press release. So much for that. ProPublica published an investigative report on Tuesday that details how the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) under the Trump administration has abandoned its bodycam program.
The DEA announced the change internally through an email, viewed by ProPublica. However, the agency never made a formal announcement or any public acknowledgment of its about-face.
The DEA’s email said it made the change to be “consistent” with Trump’s “Initial Rescissions
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