DHS Agents Body Cameras. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced DHS’s first body-worn camera policy a year after President Biden’s executive order. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it is establishing rules for the use of body cameras. The policy announced by DHS agents all the agencies to have a standard for all body-worn camera operations, according to a senior department official. According to the 2018 BJS report, the main reasons (about 80% each) that local police and sheriffs’ offices had acquired body-worn cameras were to improve officer safety, increase evidence quality, reduce civilian complaints, and reduce agency liability.