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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 512 Original 2020 Regular Session Lyons
Abstract: Creates the La. Law Enforcement Body-Worn Camera Use and Support Platform and
provides relative to the information exchanged through the platform and the duties of the La.
Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice with regard
to the platform.
Proposed law creates within the La. Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of
Criminal Justice (LCLE), a La. Law Enforcement Body-Worn Camera Use and Support Platform,
herein after referred to as the "platform", for the exchange among law enforcement agencies in this
state of non-confidential, technical, and procedural information and experiences with respect to
body-worn cameras including but not limited to:
(1)Information, policies, and procedures relative to the equipment and technical functioning of
body-worn cameras, including information, policies, and procedures on the proper use,
maintenance, and storage of the body-worn cameras.
(2)Information, policies, and procedures on the use of body-worn cameras while a law
enforcement officer is engaged in the performance of his official duties.
(3)Information, policies, and procedures regarding proper storage, retention, and release of
audio and video data recorded by body-worn cameras and the time frame to review the data
recorded by body-worn cameras.
(4)Information, policies, and procedures regarding the law enforcement training on the use of
body-worn cameras and training on the agency's policies and procedures with respect to
body-worn cameras.
Proposed law prohibits the platform from including any personal identifying information of any
offender, victim, law enforcement officer, or any other person involved in any incident, arrest,
investigation, or case.
Proposed law provides that LCLE shall be the central depository for all information submitted for
entry into the platform by law enforcement agencies and shall have certain functions, powers, and
duties with regard to the platform, including the duty to establish the platform and the authority to
promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and regulations to carry out
the functions, powers, and duties set forth in proposed law. Proposed law requires the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and adopt
rules, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to establish guidelines and standards
for law enforcement agencies and officers on the use, maintenance, and storage of body-worn
cameras and the data recorded by the body-worn cameras. The guidelines and standards shall
include all of the following:
(1)General guidelines for the proper use, maintenance, and storage of body-worn cameras,
which shall include procedures for the when the body-worn camera shall be in recording
mode.
(2)Any limitations on the situations in which peace officers are permitted to wear body-worn
cameras.
(3)General guidelines for the proper storage, retention, and release of audio and video data
recorded by body-worn cameras.
(4)General guidelines for law enforcement agencies on the adoption of internal policies and
procedures relative to the use, maintenance, and storage of body-worn cameras and the data
recorded by the body-worn cameras.
Proposed law requires the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop a training
program for law enforcement agencies and officers on the guidelines and standards adopted pursuant
to proposed law.
Proposed law establishes the Law Enforcement Body-Worn Camera Fund, to be administered by
LCLE, and provides that monies in the fund shall be appropriated, administered, and used solely for
the purposes of providing law enforcement agencies and officers with body-worn cameras and the
development of the guidelines, standards, and training required by proposed law.
Proposed law requires LCLE to adopt any regulations or rules, pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act, necessary to administer the fund and to provide standards, guidelines, and factors
for determining the best use and distribution of the funds to law enforcement agencies for the
purposes set forth in proposed law.
(Adds R.S. 15:1213 and R.S. 46:2405.1.1)