Body Camera Legislation
HB 402 (Levine) requires localities to adopt and establish a written policy for operating body-worn camera systems using the DCJS model policy. The policy addresses storage and maintenance of body-worn...
View ArticleBody-Worn Camera Workgroup Begins Discussions
A workgroup convened by the Compensation Board held its first meeting last week to begin discussions about the effects of body-worn camera deployment on Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ offices. Language in...
View ArticleBody-Worn Camera Workgroup Prepares Recommendations
A workgroup convened by the Compensation Board to review the issue of body-worn cameras and their effect on the workloads of Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ offices has concluded its meetings and the final...
View ArticleExpanded Body-Worn Camera Workgroup Holds First Meeting
A reconstituted workgroup with an expanded scope will revisit the issue of body-worn cameras and their effect on Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ offices, in addition to tackling the question of how the...
View ArticleBody-Worn Camera Workgroup Holds Second Meeting
The workgroup examining the effects of body-worn cameras on the public safety and judicial systems held its second meeting on September 4. This workgroup, created in Appropriations Act language, is an...
View ArticleBody-Worn Camera Workgroup Receives Updates on Data Collection, New Grant...
The workgroup examining issues surrounding the effect of body-worn cameras of the public safety and judicial systems met on November 13. This workgroup, chaired by Secretary of Public Safety and...
View ArticleBody-Worn Camera System Fund Reintroduced, Reports out of Senate Judiciary
Senator Bryce Reeves has reintroduced helpful legislation that would aid localities with the costs associated with body-worn cameras. SB 1119 (Reeves) creates a special nonreverting fund to be known...
View ArticleBody-worn cameras system fund passes Senate unanimously
A bill, which seeks to create a non-reverting fund to assist law enforcement with the deployment of body-worn cameras, has passed the Senate and will now be referred to the House. SB 1119 (Reeves)...
View ArticleBody-Worn Camera Workgroup Receives Updates on Grant Awards, Planned Staffing...
On June 2, the workgroup examining the effect of body-worn cameras on the state’s public safety and judicial systems held its first meeting of 2021. This workgroup is an extension of an initial effort...
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