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- The Minneapolis Police Department has been using body cameras for a few years. Now state law enforcement officers are going to be required to wear them. Starting in December through the spring, the State Patrol will distribute bodycams to more than 600 officers.
- Maria Alejandra Cardona | MPR News 2017
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By Brian Bakst
Thirty-four Minnesota State Patrol cadets, all crisply dressed in maroon uniforms and peaked circular hats, stood at attention as numbered badges were pinned to chests at the “Scorching 63rd” academy graduation a few weeks back.
The troopers-in-waiting had listened intently as the ceremony’s speakers reinforced their intense training and enormous responsibility. Then, they raised their right hands to swear an oath “to conduct myself at all times in accordance with the highest moral standards and never commit any act that will reflect discredit on the Minnesota State Patrol.”
A few weeks from now, they’ll be among the troopers new and old to begin adding something else chest-high on their uniform to back up that oath: a body camera.
More than 600 state troopers will be assigned the cameras to record hundreds of thousands of annual interactions with the public — from traffic stops to semi-truck inspections to civil disturbances. | |
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