Dems' reform bill would force Park Police to wear bodycams

摘要

U.S. Park Police officers would be required to wear body cameras to monitor their behavior as part of a sweepingpolice reform bill backed by House Democrats."The events of last week virtually mandate passage of our bill requiring that federal police officers have body anddashboard cameras, just as local police throughout the United States do," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DD.C.).Norton and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced the "Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act," H.R. 3364,last year. It came in response to the killing of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot by two Park Police officersafter he fled a car crash in Virginia in 2017. Ghaisar was unarmed when he was pulled over by Park Police onGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway.