BILL NUMBER: SB 175 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 23, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff
Senators Huff and Gaines
( Principal coauthor: Assembly Member
Chang )
( Coauthor: Senator Bates
)
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
An act to add Section 830.105 to the Penal Code, relating to peace
officers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 175, as amended, Huff. Peace officers: body-worn cameras.
Existing law requires agencies that employ peace officers to
establish a procedure for the investigation of complaints by the
public against peace officers and requires a written description of
the procedure to be available to the public.
This bill would require each department or agency that employs
peace officers and that elects to require those peace officers to
wear body-worn cameras to develop a policy relating to the use of
body-worn cameras. The bill would require the policy to be developed
in collaboration with nonsupervisory officers and to include certain
provisions, including, among others, the duration, time, and place
when that body-worn cameras shall be
worn and operational. The bill would also require the policy to be
provided to each officer required to wear a body-worn camera.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 830.105 is added to the Penal Code, immediately
following Section 830.10, to read:
830.105. (a) Each department or agency that employs peace
officers and that elects to require those peace officers to wear
body-worn cameras shall develop a policy relating to the use of
body-worn cameras.
(b) A policy described in subdivision (a) shall be developed in
collaboration with nonsupervisory officers and shall include, at a
minimum, all of the following:
(1) The duration, time, and place when
that body-worn cameras shall be worn and operational.
(2) The length of time video collected by officers will be stored
by the department or agency.
(3) The procedures for, and limitations on, public access to
recordings taken by body-worn cameras.
(c) The policy adopted pursuant to this section shall be provided
to each officer required to wear a body-worn camera.