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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 JusticeDepartment 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

Similar bills: median 535 days · 139 days when passed

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)

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. AM LS #4080 5/19/21 1 2