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Immigration

Manual camera activation retained

Keep the cameras under human control when the weapons come out

The cameras are ready. An officer still has to remember the button.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Homeland Security / ICE
Status
Manual camera activation retained
Due
After training, followed by someone remembering
Paying for it
Taxpayers and anyone requesting the footage

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office8:04 AM

Equipment confirmed that every officer can eventually receive a camera.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:06 AM

We get them beautiful little Cameras, now the Camera should know when to come on?? I thought the person wearing it would know..... looking at BOTH kinds of knowing!

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Accountability8:13 AM

Accountability proposed having the camera switch itself on when a weapon is drawn.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:22 AM

The Cameras are THERE, we did the Equipmenting! Press the button, not a very difficult button!!

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:24 AM

PRESS THE BUTTON!

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Training8:31 AM

Training retained Remember to press the button as the principal control.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:33 AM

I did the Equipmenting, very successfully..... somebody do the Recording before sending me another Invoice!

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Add camera activation to the post-incident checklist.

PUBLIC RECORD

The Trump administration rejected a Government Accountability Office recommendation that ICE cameras activate automatically when an officer draws a weapon or triggers a vehicle siren. DHS cited privacy and operational risks, including unintended recording. It said ICE had acquired cameras for all officers, with training still underway.

Reuters · 2026-10-15 ↗