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PHOENIX - U.S. Rep. and former Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is pushing for the nationwide usage of body-worn cameras for law enforcement.

Stanton recently introduced a bill to require the use of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers as a condition of eligibility for federal funding.

The COPS Accountability Act of 2020 would require state, local and tribal government agencies applying for COPS grants to show they have plans in place to put a body camera on every officer who conducts searches and makes arrests.

In an ideal scenario, contact tracing would mean widely testing a community, quickly identifying cases, and getting contagious individuals to isolate. Then, health officials would contact family members, coworkers and others who might have been exposed, to test and quarantine them before the virus spreads further.

Reported COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Arizona, creating further strains on healthcare resources. Positivity rates in the city of Phoenix have exceeded 20%.

Mayor Kate Gallego spoke with CBS's "Face The Nation" on July 12 about the difficulties her city has seen in fighting the spread of COVID-19:

Following a national reckoning over law enforcement practices, U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., wants to promote transparency in policing by requiring departments that receive certain federal funding to expand body camera use.

Stanton's bill would require state, local and tribal governments seeking funding from the federal COPS grant program, a widely used pool of funds aimed at growing police departments and bolstering community policing, to have a plan in place to require all officers to wear body cameras.

House Democrats have accomplished in less than two years what Donald Trump could not do in three and a half.

Pass an infrastructure bill.

Remember when Mr. Trump promised he would fight for a major infrastructure program when he became President.

Where is it?

The five Democrats in Arizona's congressional delegation-U.S. Reps. Raul Grijalva, Tom O'Halleran, Ann Kirkpatrick, Greg Stanton and Ruben Gallego-have asked FEMA to bring expanded testing to Arizona as COVID-19 cases continue their uncontrolled spread.

In a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Peter Gaynor, the members of Congress requested a "massive testing blitz" in Arizona.

U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva and four other Arizona Democrats signed a letter to Congress Wednesday calling for a massive COVID-19 testing blitz throughout the state of Arizona.

Arizona Representatives Ruben Gallego, Ann Kirkpatrick, Tom O'Halleran, and Greg Stanton joined Grijalva in a letter aimed at the Department of Health Services Secretary and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Acting Administrator.

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – Arizona's five Democrats in the House of Representatives are calling on the federal government to help Arizona with a coronavirus testing blitz as coronavirus cases surge.

Rep. Ruben Gallego tweeted out a letter that he, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Rep. Tom O'Halleran and Rep. Greg Stanton sent to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the state's behalf. They say COVID-19 testing is "dangerously" limited and hasn't kept up with demand.