1: This shall amend the Police Body Camera Act (L 11.17) as follows.
Police Body Camera Act
Section 1: Short Title
This bill should be cited as the “Police Body Camera Act”.
Section 2: Requirements
i. All police officers employed within the Lincoln Region of Atlasia must wear body cameras at all times to record their actives while on duty.
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Police departments shall have the right to set their own punishments for police officers who do not wear their body cameras at all times. Police officers who fail to wear body cameras at all times shall be immediately removed from employment with their respective police departments.iii. Local police departments shall pay for the body cameras, but if they are unable to afford them, the region will cover part or all of the costs associated with them.
iv. Any police department who does not purchase and implement body cameras
within one year of this law's passage will pay a
$5,000 $50,000 fine every year in which the cameras are not in place.
v. Any police officer who purposefully destroys their body cameras due to wrongdoing will face obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence charges.
vi. Any criminal who purposefully destroys an officer's body camera due to wrongdoing will face obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence charges.
vii. Police officer body cameras may be considered admissible as evidence in court as long as the police body camera meets all admissibility requirements set out in law for security camera footage.
viii. All body cameras must remain on and recording for the entire duration of the officer's time on-duty.
ix. Police departments must perform monthly inspections of camera equipment to ensure each camera is functional and operating.
x. Body camera video footage shall be considered public records and must be obtainable to the public no later than 30 days following a recorded incident. The only exception to disclosure shall be if privacy rights of the individuals depicted in the footage were to be violated.Section 3: Enactment
This law shall be enacted immediately upon passage.
2. These changes shall take effect immediately upon passage.
