Assembly Bill A11196

                             
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                                   11196
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law and the general municipal law, in
   relation to requiring a  police  officer  accompanying  federal  immi-
   gration  officers  to  wear  and  use  a  body  camera  and secure the
   recordings

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 2 of section 234 of
 the executive law, as added by chapter 105 of  the  laws  of  2020,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (h) any interaction with an emotionally disturbed person; [and]
   (i)  ANY INSTANCE WHEN AN OFFICER ACCOMPANIES OR IS IN THE PRESENCE OF
 AN AGENT OR OFFICER OF THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS  ENFORCEMENT  OR
 OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BOARDER PROTECTION WHO IS PERFORMING IMMIGRATION-RE-
 LATED DUTIES; AND
   (J)  any instances where officers feel any imminent danger or the need
 to document their time on duty.
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 208-i to read as follows:
   §  208-I.  BODY-WORN  CAMERAS. 1. EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A CITY OR
 COUNTY HAVING A POPULATION OF TWENTY  THOUSAND  OR  MORE  AND  THAT  HAS
 INSTITUTED  A  BODY-WORN  CAMERA  PROGRAM SHALL REQUIRE OFFICERS OF SUCH
 DEPARTMENT TO WEAR AND TURN ON SUCH BODY-WORN CAMERAS  IN  ANY  INSTANCE
 WHEN  THE OFFICER ACCOMPANIES OR IS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN AGENT OR OFFI-
 CER OF THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OR OF U.S.   CUSTOMS
 AND BOARDER PROTECTION WHO IS PERFORMING IMMIGRATION-RELATED DUTIES.
   2.  THE  POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRESERVE RECORDINGS OF SUCH BODY-WORN
 CAMERAS AND PERFORM ALL UPKEEP  ON  EQUIPMENT  USED  IN  SUCH  BODY-WORN
 CAMERAS. SUCH DUTIES SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A)  CREATING A SECURE RECORD OF ALL INSTANCES WHERE THERE IS RECORDED
 VIDEO OR AUDIO FOOTAGE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B) ENSURING  OFFICERS  HAVE  SUFFICIENT  STORAGE  CAPACITY  ON  THEIR
 CAMERAS  TO  ALLOW  FOR  THE  RECORDING OF INTERACTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS
 SECTION; AND
   (C) ENSURING OFFICERS HAVE ACCESS TO BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR THE RECORD-
 ING OF INSTANCES REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.