Bill Text: NY S08736 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the New York state police body-worn cameras program; provides that the internal affairs department of the division of state police shall investigate any instance where a body camera fails to record an event; requires recordings to be preserved for three years or longer if such video is evidence in any investigation of any nature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08736 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08736-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8736

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 13, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  New  York  state
          police body-worn cameras program

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 5 of section 234 of the  executive  law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  105  of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. The [attorney general may] internal affairs department of the divi-
     5  sion of state police shall investigate any instance where  body  cameras
     6  fail to record an event pursuant to this section.
     7    5.  (a) The division of state police shall preserve recordings of such
     8  body-worn cameras for three years from the date of  such  recording  and
     9  perform  all  upkeep  on  equipment used in such body-worn cameras. Such
    10  duties shall include:
    11    [(a)] (i) creating a secure record of all  instances  where  there  is
    12  recorded video or audio footage;
    13    [(b)] (ii) ensuring officers have sufficient storage capacity on their
    14  cameras  to  allow  for  the  recording of interactions required by this
    15  section; and
    16    [(c)] (iii) ensuring officers have access to body-worn cameras for the
    17  recording of instances required by this section.
    18    (b) Recordings shall be stored for longer  than  three  years  if  the
    19  video or audio footage is evidence in any investigation of any nature.
    20    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    21  manner as section 2 of chapter 105 of the laws of 2020, takes effect.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16750-01-0