Bill > HB2571

This bill requires law enforcement agencies to establish policies and procedures for the use, storage, and retention of recordings from body-worn cameras, specifying that recordings must be kept for at least 180 days but no more than 30 months unless related to a court proceeding or investigation, and that cameras should record continuously from the point an officer develops reasonable suspicion or probable cause of a crime until the interaction concludes, with exceptions for privacy, exigent circumstances, or safety. It also clarifies that evidence obtained in violation of privacy laws can be admissible if created by a body camera under certain conditions, and that receiving such video evidence can be good cause for extending trial deadlines. Furthermore, the bill exempts recordings of officer interactions with the public from public records disclosure unless the public interest demands it, and requires that any disclosed recordings have faces rendered unidentifiable, with an emergency clause making it effective immediately upon passage.