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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1188 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to |
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| 6 | 6 | | authorize a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement |
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| 7 | 7 | | agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras and securely storing and |
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| 8 | 8 | | maintaining recorded data for law enforcement officers. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY11, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | OHENintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets |
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| 16 | 16 | | Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program to assist |
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| 17 | 17 | | State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing |
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| 18 | 18 | | body-worn cameras and securely storing and maintaining |
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| 19 | 19 | | recorded data for law enforcement officers. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Creating Ac-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | countability by Making Effective Recording Available Act 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of 2025’’ or the ‘‘Police CAMERA Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1188 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCE-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | MENT BODY-WORN CAMERAS. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘PART MM—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY-WORN CAMERAS 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | AND RECORDED DATA 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘SEC. 3031. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | NGENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Justice Assistance (in this section referred to as the ‘Di-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | rector’) may make grants to States, units of local govern-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ment, and Indian Tribes to purchase or lease body-worn 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | cameras for use by State, local, and Tribal law enforce-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ment officers (as defined in section 2503) and expenses 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | related to the implementation of a body-worn camera pro-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | gram in order to deter excessive force, improve account-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ability and transparency of use of force by law enforce-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ment officers, assist in responding to complaints against 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | law enforcement officers, and improve evidence collection. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | URATION OFGRANTS.— 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 53 | 53 | | N GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | part shall be 2 years in duration. 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 56 | 56 | | ISBURSEMENT OF GRANT AMOUNT .—In 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | disbursing a grant awarded to an entity under this 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | section— 26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(A) upon awarding the grant to the enti-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ty, the Director shall disburse 50 percent of the 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | total grant amount to the entity; and 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(B) upon demonstration by the entity of 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | completion of the requirements in subsection 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (d)(1), the Director shall disburse the remain-6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ing 50 percent of the total grant amount to the 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | entity. 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(c) U |
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| 71 | 71 | | SE OFFUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | section shall be— 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | local government, or Indian Tribe; and 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(2) used for— 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(A) the purchase or lease of body-worn 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | cameras for law enforcement officers on patrol 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | in the jurisdiction of the grantee; 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(B) any costs relating to the implementa-17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | tion of a body-worn camera program, including 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | law enforcement officer training or the storage, 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | maintenance, or security of recorded data col-20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | lected under a body-worn camera program; or 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(C) implementing policies or procedures 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | to comply with the requirements described in 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | subsection (d). 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(d) R |
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| 88 | 88 | | EQUIREMENTS.— 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award a 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | grant under this section to a State, unit of local gov-2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ernment, or Indian Tribe requesting the grant that 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | commits to— 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(A) establishing policies and procedures 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | in accordance with the requirements described 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | in paragraph (2) before law enforcement offi-7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | cers use of body-worn cameras; 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(B) adopting recorded data collection and 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | retention protocols as described in paragraph 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (3) before law enforcement officers use of body- 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | worn cameras; 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(C) making the policies and protocols de-13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) available 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | to the public; and 15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(D) complying with the requirements for 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | use of recorded data under paragraph (5). 17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 110 | 110 | | EQUIRED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES .— 18 |
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| 111 | 111 | | An entity receiving a grant under this section 19 |
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| 112 | 112 | | shall— 20 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(A) develop with community input and 21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | publish for public view policies and protocols 22 |
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| 115 | 115 | | for— 23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘(i) the safe and effective use of body- 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | worn cameras; 25 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(ii) the secure storage, handling, and 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | destruction of recorded data collected by 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | body-worn cameras; 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(iii) protecting the privacy rights of 4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | any individual who may be recorded by a 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | body-worn camera; 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(iv) protecting the constitutional 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | rights of any individual on whom facial 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | recognition technology is used; 9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(v) limitations on the use of body- 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | worn cameras in conjunction with facial 11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | recognition technology for instances, in-12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | cluding— 13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(I) the use of facial recognition 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | technology only with judicial author-15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ization; 16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(II) the use of facial recognition 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | technology only for imminent threats 18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | or serious crimes; and 19 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(III) the use of facial recogni-20 |
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| 141 | 141 | | tion technology with double 21 |
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| 142 | 142 | | verification of identified faces; 22 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ‘‘(vi) the release of any recorded data 23 |
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| 144 | 144 | | collected by a body-worn camera in accord-24 |
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| 147 | 147 | | •HR 1188 IH |
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| 148 | 148 | | ance with the open records laws, if any, of 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | the State; and 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘(vii) making recorded data available 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | to prosecutors, defense attorneys, and 4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | other officers of the court in accordance 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | with paragraph (5); and 6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(B) conduct periodic evaluations of the 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | security of the storage and handling of the 8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | body-worn camera data. 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 158 | 158 | | ECORDED DATA COLLECTION AND RE -10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | TENTION PROTOCOL .—The recorded data collection 11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | and retention protocol described in this paragraph is 12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | a protocol that— 13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(A) requires— 14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ‘‘(i) a law enforcement officer who is 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | wearing a body-mounted camera to provide 16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | an explanation if an activity that is re-17 |
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| 166 | 166 | | quired to be recorded by the body-mounted 18 |
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| 167 | 167 | | camera is not recorded; 19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(ii) a law enforcement officer who is 20 |
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| 169 | 169 | | wearing a body-mounted camera to obtain 21 |
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| 170 | 170 | | consent to be recorded from a crime victim 22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | or witness before interviewing the victim or 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | witness; 24 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(iii) the collection of recorded data 1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | unrelated to a legitimate law enforcement 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | purpose be minimized to the greatest ex-3 |
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| 179 | 179 | | tent practicable; 4 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(iv) the system used to store re-5 |
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| 181 | 181 | | corded data collected by body-worn cam-6 |
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| 182 | 182 | | eras shall log all viewing, modification, or 7 |
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| 183 | 183 | | deletion of stored recorded data and shall 8 |
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| 184 | 184 | | prevent, to the greatest extent practicable, 9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | the unauthorized access or disclosure of 10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | stored recorded data; 11 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘(v) any law enforcement officer be 12 |
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| 188 | 188 | | prohibited from accessing the stored data 13 |
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| 189 | 189 | | without an authorized purpose; and 14 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(vi) the law enforcement agency to 15 |
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| 191 | 191 | | collect and report statistical data on— 16 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(I) incidences of use of force, 17 |
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| 193 | 193 | | disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gen-18 |
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| 194 | 194 | | der, and age of the victim; 19 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(II) the number of complaints 20 |
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| 196 | 196 | | filed against law enforcement officers; 21 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(III) the disposition of com-22 |
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| 198 | 198 | | plaints filed against law enforcement 23 |
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| 199 | 199 | | officers; 24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(IV) the number of times cam-1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | era footage is used for evidence collec-2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tion in investigations of crimes; and 3 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(V) any other additional statis-4 |
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| 207 | 207 | | tical data that the Director deter-5 |
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| 208 | 208 | | mines should be collected and re-6 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ported; 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(B) allows an individual to file a com-8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | plaint with a law enforcement agency relating 9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | to the improper use of body-worn cameras; and 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(C) complies with any other requirements 11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | established by the Director. 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(4) R |
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| 216 | 216 | | EPORTING.—Statistical data required to 13 |
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| 217 | 217 | | be collected under paragraph (3)(A)(vi) shall be re-14 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ported to the Director, who shall— 15 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(A) establish a standardized reporting 16 |
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| 220 | 220 | | system for statistical data collected under this 17 |
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| 221 | 221 | | program; and 18 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(B) establish a national database of sta-19 |
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| 223 | 223 | | tistical data recorded under this program. 20 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(5) U |
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| 225 | 225 | | SE OR TRANSFER OF RECORDED DATA .— 21 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 227 | 227 | | N GENERAL.—Recorded data col-22 |
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| 228 | 228 | | lected by an entity receiving a grant under this 23 |
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| 229 | 229 | | section from a body-mounted camera shall be 24 |
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| 230 | 230 | | used only in internal and external investigations 25 |
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| 234 | 234 | | of misconduct by a law enforcement agency or 1 |
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| 235 | 235 | | officer, if there is reasonable suspicion that a 2 |
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| 236 | 236 | | recording contains evidence of a crime, or for 3 |
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| 237 | 237 | | limited training purposes. The Director shall es-4 |
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| 238 | 238 | | tablish rules to ensure that the recorded data is 5 |
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| 239 | 239 | | used only for the purposes described in this 6 |
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| 240 | 240 | | subparagraph. 7 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 242 | 242 | | ROHIBITION ON TRANSFER .—Ex-8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | cept as provided in subparagraph (C), an entity 9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | receiving a grant under this section may not 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | transfer any recorded data collected by the enti-11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ty from a body-mounted camera to another law 12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | enforcement or intelligence agency. 13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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| 249 | 249 | | XCEPTIONS.— 14 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(i) C |
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| 251 | 251 | | RIMINAL INVESTIGATION .—An 15 |
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| 252 | 252 | | entity receiving a grant under this section 16 |
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| 253 | 253 | | may transfer recorded data collected by the 17 |
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| 254 | 254 | | entity from a body-mounted camera to an-18 |
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| 255 | 255 | | other law enforcement agency or intel-19 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ligence agency for use in a criminal inves-20 |
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| 257 | 257 | | tigation if the requesting law enforcement 21 |
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| 258 | 258 | | or intelligence agency has reasonable sus-22 |
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| 259 | 259 | | picion that the requested data contains evi-23 |
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| 260 | 260 | | dence relating to the crime being inves-24 |
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| 261 | 261 | | tigated. 25 |
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| 265 | 265 | | ‘‘(ii) CIVIL RIGHTS CLAIMS.—An enti-1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ty receiving a grant under this section may 2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | transfer recorded data collected by the law 3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | enforcement agency from a body-mounted 4 |
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| 269 | 269 | | camera to another law enforcement agency 5 |
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| 270 | 270 | | for use in an investigation of any right, 6 |
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| 271 | 271 | | privilege, or immunity secured or protected 7 |
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| 272 | 272 | | by the Constitution or laws of the United 8 |
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| 273 | 273 | | States. 9 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(e) M |
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| 275 | 275 | | ATCHINGFUNDS.— 10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 277 | 277 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11 |
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| 278 | 278 | | graph (3), the Federal share of the cost of a pro-12 |
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| 279 | 279 | | gram carried out using a grant under this part may 13 |
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| 280 | 280 | | not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the pro-14 |
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| 281 | 281 | | gram. 15 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ‘‘(2) I |
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| 283 | 283 | | NDIAN ASSISTANCE.—Any funds appro-16 |
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| 284 | 284 | | priated by Congress for the activities of any agency 17 |
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| 285 | 285 | | of an Indian Tribal government or the Bureau of In-18 |
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| 286 | 286 | | dian Affairs performing law enforcement functions 19 |
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| 287 | 287 | | on any Indian lands may be used to provide the non- 20 |
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| 288 | 288 | | Federal share of the matching requirement described 21 |
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| 289 | 289 | | in paragraph (1). 22 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ‘‘(3) W |
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| 291 | 291 | | AIVER.—The Director may waive, in 23 |
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| 292 | 292 | | whole or in part, the matching requirement de-24 |
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| 296 | 296 | | scribed in paragraph (1) in the case of fiscal hard-1 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ship, as determined by the Director. 2 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ‘‘(f) A |
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| 299 | 299 | | LLOCATION OFFUNDS.—For fiscal years 2026 3 |
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| 300 | 300 | | through 2028, of the amounts appropriated to the Bureau 4 |
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| 301 | 301 | | of Justice Assistance, $30,000,000 shall be used to carry 5 |
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| 302 | 302 | | out this part. 6 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(g) A |
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| 304 | 304 | | UDIT ANDASSESSMENT.— 7 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 306 | 306 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 8 |
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| 307 | 307 | | after the date of enactment of this part, the Director 9 |
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| 308 | 308 | | of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management 10 |
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| 309 | 309 | | shall perform an assessment of the grant program 11 |
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| 310 | 310 | | and the policies and protocols of the grantees. 12 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 312 | 312 | | EPORTS.—Not later than September 1 of 13 |
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| 313 | 313 | | each year, beginning 2 years after the date of enact-14 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ment of this part, each recipient of a grant under 15 |
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| 315 | 315 | | this part shall submit to the Director of the Office 16 |
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| 316 | 316 | | of Audit, Assessment, and Management a report 17 |
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| 317 | 317 | | that— 18 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(A) describes the progress of the body- 19 |
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| 319 | 319 | | worn camera program; and 20 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ‘‘(B) contains recommendations on ways in 21 |
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| 321 | 321 | | which the Federal Government, States, and 22 |
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| 322 | 322 | | units of local government can further support 23 |
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| 323 | 323 | | the implementation of the program. 24 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(3) REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of 1 |
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| 328 | 328 | | Audit, Assessment, and Management shall evaluate 2 |
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| 329 | 329 | | the policies and protocols of the grantees and take 3 |
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| 330 | 330 | | such steps as the Director of the Office of Audit, As-4 |
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| 331 | 331 | | sessment, and Management determines necessary to 5 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ensure compliance with the program. 6 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ‘‘SEC. 3032. BODY-WORN CAMERA TRAINING TOOLKIT. 7 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 335 | 335 | | NGENERAL.—The Director shall establish and 8 |
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| 336 | 336 | | maintain a toolkit for law enforcement agencies, academia, 9 |
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| 337 | 337 | | and other relevant entities to provide training and tech-10 |
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| 338 | 338 | | nical assistance, including best practices for implementa-11 |
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| 339 | 339 | | tion, model policies and procedures, and research mate-12 |
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| 340 | 340 | | rials. 13 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(b) M |
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| 343 | 343 | | quired to under subsection (a), the Director may consoli-15 |
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| 344 | 344 | | date research, practices, templates, and tools that been de-16 |
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| 345 | 345 | | veloped by expert and law enforcement agencies across the 17 |
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| 346 | 346 | | country. 18 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ‘‘SEC. 3033. APPLICATIONS. 19 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 349 | 349 | | NGENERAL.—To request a grant under this 20 |
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| 350 | 350 | | part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern-21 |
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| 351 | 351 | | ment, or Indian Tribe shall submit an application to the 22 |
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| 352 | 352 | | Director in a form and containing information as the Di-23 |
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| 353 | 353 | | rector may reasonably require. 24 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 1 |
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| 358 | 358 | | the date of the enactment of this part, the Director shall 2 |
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| 359 | 359 | | promulgate regulations to implement this part, including 3 |
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| 360 | 360 | | the information that shall be included and the require-4 |
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| 361 | 361 | | ments that the States, units of local government, and In-5 |
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| 362 | 362 | | dian Tribes must meet in submitting the applications re-6 |
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| 363 | 363 | | quired under this section. 7 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ‘‘SEC. 3034. STUDY. 8 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 366 | 366 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 9 |
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| 367 | 367 | | date on which all grants are awarded under this part, the 10 |
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| 368 | 368 | | Director shall conduct a study on— 11 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ‘‘(1) the efficacy of body-worn cameras in deter-12 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ring excessive force by law enforcement officers; 13 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ‘‘(2) the impact of body-worn cameras on the 14 |
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| 372 | 372 | | accountability and transparency of the use of force 15 |
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| 373 | 373 | | by law enforcement officers; 16 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘(3) the impact of body-worn cameras on re-17 |
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| 375 | 375 | | sponses to and adjudications of complaints of exces-18 |
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| 376 | 376 | | sive force; 19 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ‘‘(4) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 20 |
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| 378 | 378 | | on the safety of law enforcement officers on patrol; 21 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ‘‘(5) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 22 |
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| 380 | 380 | | on public safety; 23 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘(6) the impact of body-worn cameras on evi-24 |
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| 382 | 382 | | dence collection for criminal investigations; 25 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(7) issues relating to the secure storage and 1 |
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| 387 | 387 | | handling of recorded data from the body-worn cam-2 |
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| 388 | 388 | | eras; 3 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ‘‘(8) issues relating to the privacy of citizens 4 |
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| 390 | 390 | | and officers recorded on body-worn cameras; 5 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ‘‘(9) issues relating to the constitutional rights 6 |
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| 392 | 392 | | of individuals on whom facial recognition technology 7 |
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| 393 | 393 | | is used; 8 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ‘‘(10) issues relating to limitations on the use 9 |
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| 395 | 395 | | of facial recognition technology; 10 |
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| 396 | 396 | | ‘‘(11) issues relating to the public’s access to 11 |
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| 397 | 397 | | body-worn camera footage; 12 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ‘‘(12) the need for proper training of law en-13 |
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| 399 | 399 | | forcement officers that use body-worn cameras; 14 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ‘‘(13) best practices in the development of pro-15 |
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| 401 | 401 | | tocols for the safe and effective use of body-worn 16 |
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| 402 | 402 | | cameras; 17 |
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| 403 | 403 | | ‘‘(14) a review of law enforcement agencies that 18 |
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| 404 | 404 | | found body-worn cameras to be unhelpful in the op-19 |
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| 405 | 405 | | erations of the agencies; and 20 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ‘‘(15) any other factors that the Director deter-21 |
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| 407 | 407 | | mines are relevant in evaluating the efficacy of body- 22 |
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| 408 | 408 | | worn cameras. 23 |
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| 411 | 411 | | date on which the study required under subsection (a) is 25 |
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| 415 | 415 | | completed, the Director shall submit to Congress a report 1 |
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| 416 | 416 | | on the study, which shall include any policy recommenda-2 |
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| 417 | 417 | | tions that the Director considers appropriate.’’. 3 |
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