A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered the first steps of a new body-worn camera pilot program for the New York City Police Department, which will study requiring officers to engage their cameras at an earlier stage in encounters with people.

Late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres ordered the parties in the set of cases under Floyd v. City of New York to submit a joint proposal for a new pilot to study the impact of officers activating cameras during so-called Level 1 stops.