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Assembly Bill A1627A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that all police officers and peace officers involved in the execution of a search warrant wear body cameras

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2021-A1627 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3806
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §690.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10645
2023-2024: A6650, S4313
2025-2026: A7202, S5018

2021-A1627 - Summary

Requires that each police officer and peace officer involved in the execution of a search warrant wear a functioning and unobstructed body camera that shall be active prior to and throughout the execution of the search and during any related action following the execution of the search warrant.

2021-A1627 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1627
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   that all police officers involved in the execution of a search warrant
   wear body cameras
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 690.50 of the criminal procedure law is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A.  A  SEARCH WARRANT SHALL NOT BE EXECUTED WITHOUT THE EXECUTION OF
 SUCH WARRANT BEING RECORDED  BY  A  FUNCTIONING  AND  UNOBSTRUCTED  BODY
 CAMERA  OR  OTHER  FUNCTIONING  AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE.
 EACH POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE EXECUTION OF A SEARCH  WARRANT  MUST
 WEAR  A  FUNCTIONING  AND  UNOBSTRUCTED BODY CAMERA THAT SHALL BE ACTIVE
 PRIOR TO AND THROUGHOUT THE EXECUTION  OF  THE  SEARCH  AND  DURING  ANY
 RELATED ACTION FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF THE SEARCH WARRANT, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SECURING OF PERSONS OR EVIDENCE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02804-01-1

2021-A1627A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3806
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §690.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10645
2023-2024: A6650, S4313
2025-2026: A7202, S5018

2021-A1627A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that each police officer and peace officer involved in the execution of a search warrant wear a functioning and unobstructed body camera that shall be active prior to and throughout the execution of the search and during any related action following the execution of the search warrant.

2021-A1627A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1627--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring all
   police  officers  and  peace  officers  involved in the execution of a
   search warrant or other entry onto a premises to wear body cameras
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 690.50 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. A SEARCH WARRANT SHALL NOT BE EXECUTED WITHOUT THE  EXECUTION  OF
 SUCH  WARRANT  BEING  RECORDED  BY  A  FUNCTIONING AND UNOBSTRUCTED BODY
 CAMERA OR OTHER FUNCTIONING AND  UNOBSTRUCTED  VIDEO  RECORDING  DEVICE.
 EACH  POLICE  OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE EXECUTION OF A SEARCH WARRANT MUST
 WEAR A FUNCTIONING AND UNOBSTRUCTED BODY CAMERA OR OTHER FUNCTIONING AND
 UNOBSTRUCTED VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE THAT SHALL BE ACTIVE  PRIOR  TO  AND
 THROUGHOUT  THE  EXECUTION  OF  THE SEARCH AND DURING ANY RELATED ACTION
 FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF THE SEARCH WARRANT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO THE SECURING OF PERSONS OR EVIDENCE.
   § 2. (a) Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the  contrary,
 prior  to a police officer or peace officer entering a property or prem-
 ises, regardless if such police officer or peace  officer  has  received
 consent  to  enter such property or premises, or if there are exigent or
 emergency circumstances or such  police  officer  or  peace  officer  is
 otherwise  authorized  to  enter  such property or premises, such police
 officer or peace officer shall wear and turn on a body camera  or  other
 functioning  and unobstructed video recording device.  Each police offi-
 cer or peace officer who enters such property or premises  must  wear  a
 functioning  and unobstructed body camera or other functioning and unob-
 structed video recording device  that  shall  be  active  prior  to  and
 throughout  the  duration  of  such  police officer's or peace officer's
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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