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                                    336
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a  pilot
   program  for  the use of body-worn cameras on certain correction offi-
   cers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 135
 to read as follows:
   § 135. BODY CAMERA FOR CORRECTION OFFICERS  PILOT  PROGRAM.  1.    THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE STATE
 COMMISSION  OF  CORRECTIONS, ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM PROVIDING FOR THE
 USE OF A BODY-WORN PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE ON CERTAIN CORRECTION
 OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE SUPERVISION OF GENERAL POPULATION  INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS  AT  A  MAXIMUM  SECURITY  FACILITY.  NO  FEWER  THAN  FIFTY
 CORRECTION OFFICERS IN A SINGLE SHIFT SHALL BE SELECTED  TO  PARTICIPATE
 IN  THIS  PILOT PROGRAM. EACH OFFICER CHOSEN SHALL WEAR A PERSONAL VIDEO
 RECORDING DEVICE AFFIXED TO THEIR UNIFORM WHILE ON DUTY IN THE  FACILITY
 CHOSEN FOR SUCH PILOT PROGRAM. THE PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE SHALL
 RECORD  ALL  THE  INTERACTIONS  OF A CORRECTION OFFICER AND INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS UNDER THEIR CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL. THE  RECORDING  SHALL
 INCLUDE BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO.
   2. ALL SUCH EQUIPMENT SHALL BE INSTALLED ON OR BEFORE SIX MONTHS AFTER
 THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE
 ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 SECTION.  SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ALL VIDEO
 RECORDINGS BE CATALOGUED AND MAINTAINED AS A RECORD  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT
 FOR  NOT  LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AND SHALL ESTABLISH MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
 THE PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES, AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT TO BE USED
 AND FURTHERMORE SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL PRIVACY FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00595-01-5
 A. 336                              2
 
 THOSE PERSONS WHOSE ACTIONS MAY BE RECORDED. NO PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING
 DEVICES MAY BE USED AS A MEANS TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE UPON  ANY  INCAR-
 CERATED INDIVIDUALS, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ISSUE  A REPORT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE
 COMPLETION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM DETAILING THE USE OF AND EVALUATING  THE
 EFFECTIVENESS OF PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES INCLUDING WHAT IMPACT,
 IF  ANY,  THE USE OF BODY-WORN PERSONAL CAMERAS HAS ON ASSAULTIVE BEHAV-
 IORS, SERIOUS INJURY, DEATH, AND OTHER INDICATORS OF INCREASED  PHYSICAL
 SAFETY  OF  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS, OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL, AND WHICH
 SHALL ALSO PROVIDE RELEVANT RECOMMENDATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have  become
 a law.