Int 2332-2021
Body-worn cameras for correction officers.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2021-06-17
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2021-06-17Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require correction officers to wear a body-worn camera while on duty. The Board of Correction would be required to create detailed rules for their use.
Committee on Criminal Justice — Department of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
How it compares
30% of similar bills passed
15 passed · 35 died
This bill: 197 days in committee
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Sponsors (11)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2021-06-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2021-06-17 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2021-06-17 · 1:30 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 2332
- Int. No. 2332
- June 17, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-17-21
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 17, 2021
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-161 to read as follows:
� 9-161 Body-worn cameras. All employees of the department who supervise incarcerated persons shall wear body-worn cameras capable of recording audio and video while on duty. The board of correction shall establish minimum standards for the use of body-worn cameras.
� 2. This local law takes effect 270 days after it becomes law. The department of correction shall comply with all federal consent decrees or other federal judicial orders when implementing this section. The board of correction shall take any actions necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules relating to procedures and penalties necessary to effectuate this section, before such date.
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