TN HB2436

Law enforcement agencies using body cameras must adopt written policies requiring officers to activate cameras when responding to calls for service and during all law enforcement encounters, and to notify subjects they are being recorded

Officers must offer to turn off body cameras when entering private residences without a warrant, interacting with crime victims (including domestic abuse and rape victims), or speaking with anonymous tipsters

Body cameras are prohibited on school grounds except during imminent threats to life or safety, and cannot be used to gather intelligence on First Amendment-protected activities

Standard recordings must be retained for 6 months; recordings involving use of force, felony arrests, or filed complaints must be retained for at least 13 months

Violations create rebuttable evidentiary presumptions favoring criminal defendants who assert exculpatory evidence was destroyed and civil plaintiffs in police misconduct cases who assert supporting evidence was not captured