Bill Text: CA SB175 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Peace officers: body-worn cameras.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB175 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB175-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 175	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   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
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 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.  
cameras, in accordance with the California Public Records Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1
of the Government Code). 
   (4) The process for accessing and reviewing recorded data,
including, but not limited to, the persons authorized to access data
and the circumstances in which recorded data may be reviewed.
   (5) The training that will be provided on the use of body-worn
cameras.
   (c) The policy adopted pursuant to this section shall be provided
to each officer required to wear a body-worn camera.