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IN HB1616
Bill
Status
1/23/2017
Primary Sponsor
Joe Taylor
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AI Summary
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Permits appointing courts to allow probation officers to use body worn cameras during the performance of some or all official duties.
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Defines "body worn camera" as a device provided to or worn by a probation officer that creates audio, visual, or audiovisual recordings of the officer's official activities.
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Makes confidentiality and retention of body camera recordings subject to rules adopted by the Indiana supreme court.
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Requires the board of directors of the judicial conference of Indiana to adopt minimum standards for protection and disclosure of body camera recordings as part of probation records standards.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Probation officers' body cameras. Provides that a court may allow a probation officer to use a body worn camera in the performance of the probation officer's official duties. Provides that disclosure and retention of a probation officer's body camera recordings are subject to the rules of the Indiana supreme court. Requires that the minimum standards of the board of directors of the judicial conference of Indiana concerning the disclosure and protection of probation records must include standards concerning a probation officer's body worn camera recordings.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
1/23/2017