Legislation

§ 500-q. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of
incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers
employed at a local correctional facility. 1. Definition. As used in
this section, "video footage" shall include, but not be limited to,
recordings from fixed or stationary cameras, body-worn cameras, handheld
devices, or any other recording equipment maintained or used by
correctional staff within a local correctional facility.

2. Duty to disclose. Any local correctional facility shall disclose to
the attorney general's office of special investigation any video footage
that such office deems to be related to the death of an incarcerated
individual. This shall include any case in which the attorney general's
office of special investigation determines the death involves a
correction officer or peace officer employed at a local correctional
facility.

3. Timeframe for disclosure. The chief administrative officer of the
local correctional facility or chief administrative officer's designee
shall make reasonable good faith efforts to ascertain the existence of
and obtain any relevant video footage or audio recordings that existed
or that may be related to the death and shall disclose such video
footage or audio records within seventy-two hours of the occurrence of
the death. If the chief administrative officer of the local correctional
facility or chief administrative officer's designee subsequently learns
of additional video footage or audio recordings which are related to the
death, the chief administrative officer or the chief administrative
officer's designee shall disclose such recordings within twenty-four
hours of such discovery and provide the circumstances surrounding the
discovery of such records to the attorney general's office of special
investigations.

4. Redactions and exceptions. No redactions shall be made to the video
footage before it is disclosed to the attorney general's office of
special investigation.