3.0.0 877 2023-01-11T13:27:47Z 2023-01-11T13:27:47Z Senate S 2015-03-26 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-26T18:23:29Z Police CAMERA Act 114 1680 HR 2015-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS BALTIMORE Act 114 1610 S 2015-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4302) Related bill CRS 2015-03-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-03-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2015-03-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-04-21 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-04-28 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-06-16 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-06-16 False Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Evidence and witnesses Government studies and investigations Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Photography and imaging Right of privacy Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-03-26 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-25T22:06:45Z Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available Act of 2015 or the Police CAMERA Act

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs to make grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase or lease body-worn cameras for use by law enforcement officers, and for expenses related to the implementation of a body-worn camera program, in order to deter excessive force, improve accountability and transparency of use of force by law enforcement officers, assist in responding to complaints against officers, and improve evidence collection.

Requires a grantee to: (1) develop, with community input, policies for the safe and effective use of body-worn cameras, for the secure storage, handling, and destruction of data collected, for protecting the privacy rights of any individual who may be recorded, and for the release of any data collected in accordance with the open records laws of the state; and (2) conduct periodic evaluations of the security of the storage and handling of the body-worn camera data.

Requires a grantee to adopt data collection and retention protocols that:

  • require an officer wearing a camera to provide an explanation if an activity that is required to be recorded is not recorded and to obtain a crime victim's or witness's consent to be recorded before interviewing him or her;
  • minimize the collection of data unrelated to a legitimate law enforcement purpose;
  • require the system used to store collected data to log all viewing, modification, or deletion of such data and to prevent its unauthorized access or disclosure;
  • prohibit any law enforcement officer from accessing the stored data without an authorized purpose;
  • require the law enforcement agency to collect and report data on incidences of use of force, the number of complaints filed against officers, the disposition of such complaints, and the number of times camera footage is used for evidence collection in investigations of crimes; and
  • allow an individual to file a complaint with a law enforcement agency relating to the improper use of such cameras.

Allows data collected by a grantee to be used only in internal and external investigations of misconduct by a law enforcement agency or officer, if there is reasonable suspicion that a recording contains evidence of a crime, or for limited training purposes. Prohibits a grantee from transferring any collected data to another law enforcement or intelligence agency, with specified exceptions for investigations of crimes and civil rights violations.

Directs the Assistant Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the efficacy of body-worn cameras.

]]> Police CAMERA Act Display Title Police CAMERA Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a pilot grant program to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Police CAMERA Act Short Titles as Introduced Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s877is/xml/BILLS-114s877is.xml 2015-03-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.