At the Council of Graduate Students' full council meeting Wednesday, representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution endorsing “the mandatory wearing of body cameras by MSU police officers and encourages a good faith trial and implementation of this regulation in as timely a manner as practically possible,” according to the text of the resolution.

The resolution was mainly inspired by recent events in Ferguson and New York and said that “current laws, court rulings, and general police activity disproportionately target people of color for arrest.” The move is also designed to both limit police brutality and protect officers and suspects from false charges of wrongdoing while under arrest.

Charlie Loelius, representative for the Physics and Astronomy Department,  sponsored the bill. He hopes to hear a response from the MSU police in the near future.

“It ... sends a statement to people like Virg Bernero, the mayor of Lansing, or Councilwoman Ruth Beier, who have been pushing very hard for police cameras on the East Lansing and Lansing police forces and basically saying that we appreciate what they’re doing and we support them,” Loelius said.