A view of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Photo from Facebook
Police offers for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota have started using body cameras, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports. The tribal police department secured a grant for the equipment last summer and purchased the cameras last fall, the paper said. Officers have been wearing them for about a month. "After Ferguson happened, we pushed to try and get ahead of it. We knew there would be a demand, and there was," Police Chief Chuck LeCompte told the paper, referring to the officer-involved shooting of Michael Brown in Missouri. LeCompte said the use of the cameras has helped address complaints against the police department. Get the Story:
Cheyenne River police using body cameras (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 5/1)
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