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IN HB1394
Bill
Status
1/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
Peggy Mayfield
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AI Summary
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Allows police officers in Indiana counties, cities, and towns to use personally-purchased body cameras while performing law enforcement activities, regardless of whether their department has adopted a body camera policy.
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Personal body camera recordings are not public records unless the officer provides the recording to the department, at which point they become subject to public records laws.
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Officers may only use or disclose recordings for official duties or to prepare their defense in disciplinary or criminal actions against them.
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Officers who provide unaltered recordings directly to their department without copying, displaying, or transmitting them to others are immune from civil liability.
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Individuals depicted in recordings—including crime victims, witnesses, minors, undercover officers, and confidential informants—may sue officers who knowingly, recklessly, or negligently disclose recordings in violation of permitted uses.
Legislative Description
Use of personal body cameras by police officers. Allows a law enforcement officer of a police department (department) of a county, city, or town (unit) to use the officer's personal body camera in the course of the officer's official duties. Provides that a personal body camera recording is not a public record unless the law enforcement officer provides the recording to the department. Provides that an officer who discloses the recording to a person or agency other than the department is civilly liable to certain individuals depicted in the body camera recording, if the officer uses the recording for a
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
1/16/2018