MS SB2175

Creates the Community Policing and Transparency Act establishing mandatory procedures for law enforcement officers to wear and operate body-worn cameras during calls for service, investigations, and arrests.

Requires officers to activate cameras during law enforcement encounters unless an immediate threat prevents activation, with limited exceptions for interactions with other officers, undercover informants, strip searches, and private activities; officers must ask occupants, crime victims, and confidential informants if they want recording discontinued.

Mandates law enforcement agencies retain body-worn camera footage for 90 days minimum, or three years if the recording involves use of force, arrest, detention, or formal complaints; allows members of the public who are subjects of recordings to request longer retention.

Exempts certain footage from Mississippi Public Records Act requirements, including footage retained under three years only by officer or agency request, and footage where the subject requests non-disclosure.

Establishes enforcement mechanisms including disciplinary action for non-compliance; creates rebuttable presumptions favoring criminal defendants and civil plaintiffs if officers intentionally interfere with camera recording; requires agencies to post retention and access procedures on public websites.