Bill > S3939

Introduced Session

This bill allows law enforcement officers to review body worn camera recordings prior to creating an initial report. Under current law, a law enforcement officer is prohibited from reviewing or receiving an accounting of certain body worn camera recordings prior to creating any required initial reports, statements, and interviews regarding the recorded event; however, this is not intended to prevent the officer from considering, reviewing, or receiving an accounting of the body worn camera recording subsequent to the creation of any required initial reports, statements, and interviews regarding the recorded event. The body worn camera recordings subject to this prohibition under current law include: 1) a recording that captures images involving an encounter about which a complaint has been registered by a subject of the body worn camera recording; 2) a recording that pertains to a criminal investigation or otherwise records information that may be subject to discovery in a prosecution; 3) a recording of an arrest that did not result in an ongoing prosecution, or a recording of the use of police force; or 4) a recording of an incident that is the subject of an internal affairs complaint. Under the provisions of this bill, a law enforcement officer is to be permitted to review and receive an accounting of a body worn camera recording prior to creating any required initial reports, statements, and interviews regarding the recorded event.

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Joe Cryan (D)*,  Vin Gopal (D)*,  Tony Bucco (R),  Linda Greenstein (D),  Holly Schepisi (R),  Brian Stack (D), 

Substituted by A5864 (2R) (on 06/24/2021)