HB3347 Summary

• Changes "caretaking function" to "community engagement function" in definitions and allows officers to turn off cameras during these functions unless they have reason to believe a crime is being committed.

• Modifies camera activation requirements to state "if deploying a camera, the camera must be turned on" (rather than all cameras must be turned on) during law enforcement activities, and adds new exception allowing cameras to be turned off inside correctional facilities with functioning camera systems.

• Removes the requirement that cameras be turned off when a crime victim requests it; instead only allows cameras to be turned off when witnesses or community members request it, with exceptions for exigent circumstances or reasonable suspicion of crime.

• Adds provision allowing field training officers and law enforcement officers directly involved in investigations to access and review recordings, and removes prior requirement to redact identities of non-involved persons in publicly disclosed recordings.

• Creates new reporting requirement for prosecuting agencies to submit annual reports to the Board detailing officer-worn body camera recordings used in prosecutions, including incident time, date, location, charges filed, and relevant administrative information.