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2015 SESSION

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HB 1521 Body-worn camera system; use by law enforcement.

Introduced by: Joseph C. Lindsey | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Use of body-worn camera system by law enforcement. Provides that any sheriff who is the chief law-enforcement officer of his locality and employs 100 or more deputies, any police force that employs 100 or more officers, and the Superintendent of State Police shall, no later than January 1, 2018, implement and operate a body-worn camera system, which is defined in the bill as an electronic system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings, including cameras or other devices capable of creating such recordings, that may be worn about the person of a law-enforcement officer. Such a system must comply with the model policy or guideline that will be established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

FULL TEXT

• 01/06/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102428D  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/06/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102428D
• 01/06/15  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 01/15/15  House: Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/22/15  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 02/10/15  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety