Noem Sends Body Cameras to Minneapolis DHS Agents

Federal immigration officers working in Minneapolis will soon be required to wear body cameras, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday, saying the change is aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in enforcement operations. The new policy will start immediately in Minneapolis and, Noem said, will expand nationwide as funding becomes available.

Noem posted the announcement on the social media platform X, stating that every Department of Homeland Security officer in the field there — including agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — will be issued body-worn cameras. She described a “rapid” rollout of the technology across DHS law enforcement as resources allow.

The decision follows intense criticism of immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis, where two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were fatally shot in separate encounters with federal agents earlier this month. Videos captured by bystanders in both cases have raised questions about official accounts of the incidents and intensified public scrutiny.

DHS has acknowledged that some officers involved in the Pretti shooting were wearing body cameras and that investigators have multiple camera angles from that event, though footage has not been released publicly. In the Good case, the officer who fired the fatal shot recorded only part of the confrontation on a cellphone.

President Trump said Monday that the choice to require body cameras was up to Secretary Noem, and he expressed his general support for the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement, saying they help ensure accurate records of encounters.

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