On Monday, United States President Barack Obama requested $263 million worth of funding from congress to pay for police body cameras and training in an attempt to restore the public's trust in policing.

Obama's request came after a mass walkout and demonstrations across the country on Monday, in relation to the grand jury's decision of not indicting the Ferguson police officer responsible for the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teen.

The decision also came as a response to the request of Brown's family that there is a need for "every police officer working the streets in this country to wear a body camera."

According to the president, the problem is not just in Ferguson, Missouri, but all over the nation. However, he pointed out that it was "solvable."

If the Congress approves the funding, it will pay for up to 50,000 body cameras and would offer a total of $75 million in matching funds to state police departments over three years, to cover 50 percent of the purchase cost.

Obama said that the training and the camera's will hopefully solve the "simmering distrust" between police forces and minority communities, which extends far beyond the Ferguson incident.

The president's announcement came after a meeting at the White House, which was attended by Law enforcement officers, as well as civil rights leaders and mayors, where they discussed a free program that will provide tactical equipment to local police officers.

Obama did say, however, that the program is not aimed at creating a "militarized culture," which is why he highlighted the need for the police officers to have proper training to ensure proper handling of the equipment.

If police officers will be equipped with body cameras, it can serve as evidence in cases where there are opposing versions of the story, such as the case in the Ferguson shooting.

Meanwhile, the National Journal said that the funding pledge from the president will amount to nothing if police departments are not open to the implementation of the technology, since some are still hesitant about the use of the body cameras.