Int 1989-2020
Granting the office of the inspector general and the department of records and information services access to body-worn camera footage.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2020-06-25
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2020-06-25Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the New York Police Department to share all body-worn camera footage to both the Department of Investigation’s Inspector General for the NYPD and the Department of Records and Information Services, within 5 days of the recording.
Committee on Public Safety — Police Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
How it compares
22% of similar bills passed
11 passed · 39 died
This bill: 553 days in committee
Similar bills: median 489 days · 406 days when passed
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2020-06-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2020-06-25 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2020-06-25 · 1:30 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1989
- Int. No. 1989
- June 25, 2020 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-25-20
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 25, 2020
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-178 to read as follows:
� 14-178 Access to body worn camera footage.
The department shall provide access to all body-worn camera footage of an officer's law enforcement activity to the person identified in paragraph 1 of subdivision c of section 803 of the New York City Charter and the department of records and information services within 120 hours of such footage being recorded. For the purposes of this section, the term "body-worn camera" means a video recording device that can be attached or affixed to a person's body, apparel or clothing and the terms "law enforcement activity," "noncustodial questioning" and "officer" have the same meanings as in section 14-174.
� 2. This local takes effect January 1, 2021.
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