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u.s. news Diamars 4 OctOber 2022

Interior Dept. to require body cams for law Officials: US to send

enforcement Ukraine more advanced

rocket systems
a home without announcing
their presence. A no-knock
warrant, as its name implies,
is an order from a judge that
allows police to enter a home
without prior notification to
the residents, such as ringing
a doorbell or banging on the
door. In most cases, the law
requires that officers must
knock and announce them-
selves before entering a pri-
vate home to execute a search
warrant.

The updated policy – similar
to the policy implemented
by the Justice Department (AP) — The U.S. will the first tranche of U.S. aid
for its officers last year – fol- soon deliver to Ukraine delivered in the new fiscal
lows the March 2020 death four more of the ad- year, which began Oct. 1.
of Breonna Taylor, who was vanced rocket systems
shot and killed by police in credited with helping Ukraine has pressed its
her home during a no-knock the country’s military counteroffensive in the
(AP) — The U.S. Interior ment officers who are pa- warrant and whose death led gain momentum in its Kherson region since the
Department on Monday trolling or engaging with the to months of mass protests war with Russia. summer, relentlessly pum-
launched a set of new public to carry body-worn over racial injustice in po- meling Russian supply
policies that would re- cameras and sets out the de- licing and the treatment of The High Mobility Ar- lines and making inroads
quire thousands of law en- partment's intent to expedite Black people in the United tillery Rocket Systems, into Russian-held areas
forcement officers to wear the public release of video af- States. known as HIMARS, will be west of the Dnieper Riv-
body cameras, ensures the ter an incident that results in part of a new $625 million er. Ukrainian troops have
release of footage in some serious injury or death. The policy curtails the use of package of aid expected to been using the HIMARS
critical incidents and re- no-knock entries to instanc- be announced on Tuesday, to repeatedly hit the main
stricts the use of so-called Under the policy, officers or es where announcing the according to U.S. officials. bridge across the Dnieper
no-knock warrants. agents are required to activate presence of federal officers and a dam that served as
the body-worn cameras "at "would create an imminent The decision marks the a second crossing. It also
The announcement comes the earliest possible oppor- threat of physical violence first time the U.S. has sent has struck pontoon bridges
after Interior Secretary Deb tunity of an interaction and to the agent and/or another more HIMARS to Ukraine that Russia has used to sup-
Haaland launched a task should capture as much of person," the Interior Depart- since late July, and it will ply its troops.
force last year aimed at fur- the event as possible, starting ment said. It also requires bring the total number de-
ther building trust between with the decision to engage agents to first obtain approval livered so far to 20. The Ukraine’s battlefield suc-
law enforcement and the an individual or vehicle." The from supervisors and a feder- systems have become a key cesses in Kherson are no-
public. It also follows an ex- camera should remain run- al prosecutor before seeking a tool in Ukraine’s ability table since that is one of the
ecutive order from Presi- ning until the event is over, no-knock warrant. to strike bridges that Rus- four areas that Russia is in
dent Joe Biden that focused the policy states. The new policies also pro- sia has used to supply its the process of annexing.
on federal law enforcement vide additional guidance on troops, enabling Ukrainian
agencies and required them The policy says the Interior use of force incidents, laying forces to make inroads in A senior U.S. military of-
to review and revise policies Department "will strive to out that its policy would meet Russia-controlled regions. ficial said Monday that
on use of force. expedite the public release" or exceed the policies set out the attacks by Ukrainian
of footage after incidents that by the Justice Department. It The U.S. in recent weeks forces have forced Russia
The policies apply to the involve "serious bodily injury also requires the law enforce- also provided funding into a “defensive crouch”
thousands of law enforce- or death in order to promote ment agencies to collect and through a separate pro- in Kherson, hampering
ment officers who work for transparency and account- report data about the number gram — the Ukraine Se- Russian efforts to resupply
the Interior Department, ability." of use of force incidents and curity Assistance Initiative their frontline troops.
in the Bureau of Indian Af- reiterates a ban on carotid re- — so another 18 HIMARS The official, who briefed
fairs, Bureau of Land Man- The Interior Department's straints and chokeholds, ex- can be purchased through reporters on condition of
agement, the U.S. Fish and law enforcement arms have cept when deadly force has longer-term contracts. anonymity to provide a
Wildlife Service and the faced scrutiny in recent years, been authorized. USAI funds are being used U.S. military assessment
National Park Service. The particularly the U.S. Park as part of the effort by the of the war, said that so far
agency has about 3,100 per- Police who were faulted in "Every single day across the U.S. and Western allies to the U.S. has seen only
manent law enforcement of- an inspector general's report country, the Interior De- ensure Ukraine’s forces are small numbers of Russian
ficers. after officers used smoke partment's law enforcement trained and equipped to reinforcements coming
grenades and pepper balls to officers risk their lives to defend their country in the into Ukraine in an effort
While some federal agencies clear racial justice protesters safeguard our communities, years to come. But those to shore up their defenses.
have already started launch- from an area in front of the public lands and waters, and contracts will take several Russia has said it will mo-
ing body camera programs White House in 2020. The critical resources," said Dep- years to fulfill. bilize upwards of 300,000
– including some park rang- agency also faced scrutiny uty Secretary Tommy Beau- conscripts to send to
ers, park police officers and over its lack of cameras after dreau. "In reforming policing The latest aid package is Ukraine.
Fish and Wildlife officers – two U.S. Park Police officers practices, the Department also expected to include
the federal government has fatally shot an unarmed mo- is helping strengthen the other ammunition and The official also said that
lagged behind many local po- torist in northern Virginia in unique connection that law equipment for Ukraine’s despite persistent Russian
lice departments whose of- November 2017. enforcement officers have troops. Several U.S. offi- threats to use nuclear force,
ficers have been using body with the communities that cials spoke on condition of the U.S. has seen no moves
cameras for years. Another of the policies re- they serve and move the na- anonymity to provide de- by the Kremlin that would
One of the new policies spe- stricts the use of "no-knock" tion forward towards com- tails of the package ahead of cause the U.S. to change its
cifically requires all Interior warrants, which allow law munity-focused law enforce- the announcement. This is own nuclear posture.
Department law enforce- enforcement agents to enter ment."