AZ SB1386

Requires all local law enforcement agencies and the Department of Public Safety to provide body-worn cameras to each peace officer who has public contact by July 1, 2024.

Peace officers must activate body-worn or dash cameras when responding to calls for service or initiating contact with the public to enforce laws or investigate violations, with limited exceptions for undercover work, courtrooms, and certain jail operations.

Creates legal presumptions against officers who fail to activate cameras or tamper with footage: permissive inference of misconduct in investigations and rebuttable presumption of inadmissibility for officer statements in prosecutions related to unrecorded incidents.

Requires release of unedited video and audio recordings within 21 days of receiving misconduct complaints, with specified redactions to protect privacy interests (nudity, medical information, minors, victims, etc.) and provisions allowing privacy waivers for public release.

Imposes discipline up to termination for intentional camera failures or tampering, one-year certification suspension for intentional failures to conceal misconduct, and permanent certification revocation if the incident results in civilian death.