To require members of the Armed Forces performing active service in the District of Columbia in response to an order of the President which relates to crime or civil disturbance in the District of Columbia to participate in a program substantially similar to the Body-Worn Camera Program of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.

This bill would require members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are on active duty in the District of Columbia in response to a presidential order related to crime or civil disturbance to participate in a body-worn camera program that is substantially similar to the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) body-worn camera program. The program reference points to DC’s Body-Worn Camera Regulation and Reporting Requirements Act of 2015, meaning the service members would wear cameras during their duties in DC. The requirement would take effect 30 days after the bill becomes law. The sponsor is Rep. Norton, and the measure was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.