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Senate Bill S8736

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York state police body-worn cameras program

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2019-S8736 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §234, Exec L

2019-S8736 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the New York state police body-worn cameras program; provides that the internal affairs department of the division of state police shall investigate any instance where a body camera fails to record an event; requires recordings to be preserved for three years or longer if such video is evidence in any investigation of any nature.

2019-S8736 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8736
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
   police body-worn cameras program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 5 of section 234 of the  executive  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  105  of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The [attorney general may] INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF THE DIVI-
 SION OF STATE POLICE SHALL investigate any instance where  body  cameras
 fail to record an event pursuant to this section.
   5.  (A) The division of state police shall preserve recordings of such
 body-worn cameras FOR THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF  SUCH  RECORDING  and
 perform  all  upkeep  on  equipment used in such body-worn cameras. Such
 duties shall include:
   [(a)] (I) creating a secure record of all  instances  where  there  is
 recorded video or audio footage;
   [(b)] (II) ensuring officers have sufficient storage capacity on their
 cameras  to  allow  for  the  recording of interactions required by this
 section; and
   [(c)] (III) ensuring officers have access to body-worn cameras for the
 recording of instances required by this section.
   (B) RECORDINGS SHALL BE STORED FOR LONGER  THAN  THREE  YEARS  IF  THE
 VIDEO OR AUDIO FOOTAGE IS EVIDENCE IN ANY INVESTIGATION OF ANY NATURE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as section 2 of chapter 105 of the laws of 2020, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16750-01-0

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