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U.S. border agency staff rejects body cameras

Yearlong study cites cost, other reasons to not use devices

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press
Published: November 6, 2015, 11:38pm

SAN DIEGO — Customs and Border Protection staff concluded after an internal review that agents and officers shouldn’t be required to wear body cameras, positioning the nation’s largest law enforcement agency as a counterweight to a growing number of police forces that use the devices to promote public trust and accountability.

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