DE HB215

Requires law enforcement to electronically record custodial interrogations at places of detention in their entirety, including warnings and rights waivers, for crimes and delinquent acts.

Mandates audio and video recording for interrogations at jails, police stations, and holding cells; requires audio recording or body-worn camera for police vehicles, schools, and other detention facilities.

Permits exceptions to recording requirements for exigent circumstances, equipment malfunctions, individual refusal to be recorded, safety concerns, and interrogations conducted outside Delaware in compliance with other jurisdictions' laws.

Requires law enforcement to prepare written reports explaining reasons for non-compliance with recording requirements and to provide prosecution notice if unrecorded statements will be introduced at trial.

Directs the Council on Police Training to adopt rules for implementation and allows courts to consider failure to record when determining statement admissibility; takes effect 9 months after enactment.