President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing.

The funds would pay for body cameras for police officers and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the August shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, the White House said.

Philadelphia police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a George Mason University professor who is a former assistant attorney general, will lead the task force on 21st century policing, officials said.

The White House made the announcement as Obama met with civil rights leaders and various elected officials and community leaders Monday to discuss how to respond to the challenge presented by Ferguson.

Obama’s moves were the most tangible he has taken since a grand jury last week opted not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. Obama has said he sympathized with people upset by the decision and that police in a variety of communities need to build trust with the people they serve.