Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 3/19/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1385

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1385 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera
5Act is amended by changing Section 10-20 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 706/10-20)
7    Sec. 10-20. Requirements.
8    (a) The Board shall develop basic guidelines for the use of
9officer-worn body cameras by law enforcement agencies. The
10guidelines developed by the Board shall be the basis for the
11written policy which must be adopted by each law enforcement
12agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras. The
13written policy adopted by the law enforcement agency must
14include, at a minimum, all of the following:
15        (1) Cameras must be equipped with pre-event recording,
16    capable of recording at least the 30 seconds prior to

 

 

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1    camera activation, unless the officer-worn body camera was
2    purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior
3    to July 1, 2015.
4        (2) Cameras must be capable of recording for a period
5    of 10 hours or more, unless the officer-worn body camera
6    was purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency
7    prior to July 1, 2015.
8        (3) Cameras must be turned on at all times when the
9    officer is in uniform and is responding to calls for
10    service or engaged in any law enforcement-related
11    encounter or activity, that occurs while the officer is on
12    duty.
13            (A) If exigent circumstances exist which prevent
14        the camera from being turned on, the camera must be
15        turned on as soon as practicable.
16            (B) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off
17        when the officer is inside of a patrol car which is
18        equipped with a functioning in-car camera; however,
19        the officer must turn on the camera upon exiting the
20        patrol vehicle for law enforcement-related encounters.
21        (4) Cameras must be turned off when:
22            (A) the victim of a crime requests that the camera
23        be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible,
24        that request is made on the recording;
25            (B) a witness of a crime or a community member who
26        wishes to report a crime requests that the camera be

 

 

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1        turned off, and unless impractical or impossible that
2        request is made on the recording; or
3            (C) the officer is interacting with a confidential
4        informant used by the law enforcement agency.
5        However, an officer may continue to record or resume
6    recording a victim or a witness, if exigent circumstances
7    exist, or if the officer has reasonable articulable
8    suspicion that a victim or witness, or confidential
9    informant has committed or is in the process of committing
10    a crime. Under these circumstances, and unless impractical
11    or impossible, the officer must indicate on the recording
12    the reason for continuing to record despite the request of
13    the victim or witness.
14        (4.5) Cameras may be turned off when the officer is
15    engaged in community caretaking functions. However, the
16    camera must be turned on when the officer has reason to
17    believe that the person on whose behalf the officer is
18    performing a community caretaking function has committed
19    or is in the process of committing a crime. If exigent
20    circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being
21    turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as
22    practicable.
23        (5) The officer must provide notice of recording to any
24    person if the person has a reasonable expectation of
25    privacy and proof of notice must be evident in the
26    recording. If exigent circumstances exist which prevent

 

 

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1    the officer from providing notice, notice must be provided
2    as soon as practicable.
3        (6) For the purposes of redaction, labeling, or
4    duplicating recordings, access to camera recordings shall
5    be restricted to only those personnel responsible for those
6    purposes. The recording officer and his or her supervisor
7    may access and review recordings prior to completing
8    incident reports or other documentation, provided that the
9    officer or his or her supervisor discloses that fact in the
10    report or documentation.
11        (7) Recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be
12    retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera
13    vendor used by the agency, on a recording medium for a
14    period of 90 days.
15            (A) Under no circumstances shall any recording
16        made with an officer-worn body camera be altered,
17        erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration of the
18        90-day storage period.
19            (B) Following the 90-day storage period, any and
20        all recordings made with an officer-worn body camera
21        must be destroyed, unless any encounter captured on the
22        recording has been flagged. An encounter is deemed to
23        be flagged when:
24                (i) a formal or informal complaint has been
25            filed;
26                (ii) the officer discharged his or her firearm

 

 

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1            or used force during the encounter;
2                (iii) death or great bodily harm occurred to
3            any person in the recording;
4                (iv) the encounter resulted in a detention or
5            an arrest, excluding traffic stops which resulted
6            in only a minor traffic offense or business
7            offense;
8                (v) the officer is the subject of an internal
9            investigation or otherwise being investigated for
10            possible misconduct;
11                (vi) the supervisor of the officer,
12            prosecutor, defendant, or court determines that
13            the encounter has evidentiary value in a criminal
14            prosecution; or
15                (vii) the recording officer requests that the
16            video be flagged for official purposes related to
17            his or her official duties.
18            (C) Under no circumstances shall any recording
19        made with an officer-worn body camera relating to a
20        flagged encounter be altered or destroyed prior to 2
21        years after the recording was flagged. If the flagged
22        recording was used in a criminal, civil, or
23        administrative proceeding, the recording shall not be
24        destroyed except upon a final disposition and order
25        from the court.
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1    may be retained if a supervisor at the law enforcement
2    agency designates the recording for training purposes. If
3    the recording is designated for training purposes, the
4    recordings may be viewed by officers, in the presence of a
5    supervisor or training instructor, for the purposes of
6    instruction, training, or ensuring compliance with agency
7    policies.
8        (9) Recordings shall not be used to discipline law
9    enforcement officers unless:
10            (A) a formal or informal complaint of misconduct
11        has been made;
12            (B) a use of force incident has occurred;
13            (C) the encounter on the recording could result in
14        a formal investigation under the Uniform Peace
15        Officers' Disciplinary Act; or
16            (D) as corroboration of other evidence of
17        misconduct.
18        Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to
19    limit or prohibit a law enforcement officer from being
20    subject to an action that does not amount to discipline.
21        (10) The law enforcement agency shall ensure proper
22    care and maintenance of officer-worn body cameras. Upon
23    becoming aware, officers must as soon as practical document
24    and notify the appropriate supervisor of any technical
25    difficulties, failures, or problems with the officer-worn
26    body camera or associated equipment. Upon receiving

 

 

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1    notice, the appropriate supervisor shall make every
2    reasonable effort to correct and repair any of the
3    officer-worn body camera equipment.
4        (11) No officer may hinder or prohibit any person, not
5    a law enforcement officer, from recording a law enforcement
6    officer in the performance of his or her duties in a public
7    place or when the officer has no reasonable expectation of
8    privacy. The law enforcement agency's written policy shall
9    indicate the potential criminal penalties, as well as any
10    departmental discipline, which may result from unlawful
11    confiscation or destruction of the recording medium of a
12    person who is not a law enforcement officer. However, an
13    officer may take reasonable action to maintain safety and
14    control, secure crime scenes and accident sites, protect
15    the integrity and confidentiality of investigations, and
16    protect the public safety and order.
17    (b) Recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body
18camera are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
19Information Act, except that:
20        (1) if the subject of the encounter has a reasonable
21    expectation of privacy, at the time of the recording, any
22    recording which is flagged, due to the filing of a
23    complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or
24    detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, shall be
25    disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act
26    if:

 

 

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1            (A) the subject of the encounter captured on the
2        recording is a victim or witness; and
3            (B) the law enforcement agency obtains written
4        permission of the subject or the subject's legal
5        representative;
6        (2) except as provided in paragraph (1) of this
7    subsection (b), any recording which is flagged due to the
8    filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of
9    force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily
10    harm shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of
11    Information Act; and
12        (3) upon request, the law enforcement agency shall
13    disclose, in accordance with the Freedom of Information
14    Act, the recording to the subject of the encounter captured
15    on the recording or to the subject's attorney, or the
16    officer or his or her legal representative.
17    For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b),
18the subject of the encounter does not have a reasonable
19expectation of privacy if the subject was arrested as a result
20of the encounter. For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph
21(1) of this subsection (b), "witness" does not include a person
22who is a victim or who was arrested as a result of the
23encounter.
24    Only recordings or portions of recordings responsive to the
25request shall be available for inspection or reproduction. Any
26recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act shall

 

 

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1be redacted to remove identification of any person that appears
2on the recording and is not the officer, a subject of the
3encounter, or directly involved in the encounter, and all law
4enforcement officer identifiers if the recordings are made
5available from any law enforcement or government agency to the
6media or public unless that law enforcement officer has been
7criminally charged relative to the recorded incident. Nothing
8in this subsection (b) shall require the disclosure of any
9recording or portion of any recording which would be exempt
10from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
11    (c) Nothing in this Section shall limit access to a camera
12recording for the purposes of complying with Supreme Court
13rules or the rules of evidence.
14(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)".