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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5135 Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. Requires all law-enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement or regulatory violations to implement and operate a body-worn camera system and to require officers responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of penal, traffic, or highway laws to be equipped with a body-worn camera system. The bill also states that the written policy law-enforcement agencies are required to adopt prior to the operation of a body-worn camera system shall include requirements, listed in the bill, for when such system shall be activated.


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