CT SB00359

Exempts the special police force at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington from the requirement to use body-worn recording equipment, while maintaining the requirement for State Police, other special police forces, and certain municipal police departments.

Prohibits law enforcement employees from editing, erasing, copying, sharing, or altering body-worn recording equipment data except as required by state or federal law.

Prohibits officers from intentionally recording communications with other law enforcement personnel, encounters with undercover officers or informants, personal activities, medical/psychological evaluations, or activities in mental health facilities unless responding to a crime suspect.

Exempts recordings from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act if they involve domestic abuse victims, sexual abuse victims, homicide or suicide victims, or recordings by school resource officers of students that could constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Requires officers to wear body-worn recording equipment on their outermost garment above the midline of their torso, and mandates annual training on equipment use and data retention in accordance with guidelines to be issued by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council.