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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5389 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that if the subject of the encounter captured on the recording made by the officer-worn body camera is not arrested or issued a summons as a result of the encounter, the law enforcement officer, during the encounter, must inform the subject of the encounter how he or she may obtain a copy of the recording. Effective immediately.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act |
5 | | is amended by changing Section 10-20 as follows: |
6 | | (50 ILCS 706/10-20)
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7 | | Sec. 10-20. Requirements. |
8 | | (a) The Board shall develop basic guidelines for the use of |
9 | | officer-worn body cameras by law enforcement agencies. The |
10 | | guidelines developed by the Board shall be the basis for the |
11 | | written policy which must be adopted by each law enforcement |
12 | | agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras. The |
13 | | written policy adopted by the law enforcement agency must |
14 | | include, 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 |
17 | | camera activation, unless the officer-worn body camera was |
18 | | purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior |
19 | | to July 1, 2015. |
20 | | (2) Cameras must be capable of recording for a period |
21 | | of 10 hours or more, unless the officer-worn body camera |
22 | | was purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency |
23 | | prior to July 1, 2015. |
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1 | | (3) Cameras must be turned on at all times when the |
2 | | officer is in uniform and is responding to calls for |
3 | | service or engaged in any law enforcement-related |
4 | | encounter or activity, that occurs while the officer is on |
5 | | duty. |
6 | | (A) If exigent circumstances exist which prevent |
7 | | the camera from being turned on, the camera must be |
8 | | turned on as soon as practicable. |
9 | | (B) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off |
10 | | when the officer is inside of a patrol car which is |
11 | | equipped with a functioning in-car camera; however, |
12 | | the officer must turn on the camera upon exiting the |
13 | | patrol vehicle for law enforcement-related encounters. |
14 | | (4) Cameras must be turned off when:
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15 | | (A) the victim of a crime requests that the camera |
16 | | be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible, |
17 | | that request is made on the recording; |
18 | | (B) a witness of a crime or a community member who |
19 | | wishes to report a crime requests that the camera be |
20 | | turned off, and unless impractical or impossible that |
21 | | request is made on the recording; or
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22 | | (C) the officer is interacting with a confidential |
23 | | informant used by the law enforcement agency. |
24 | | However, an officer may continue to record or resume |
25 | | recording a victim or a witness, if exigent circumstances |
26 | | exist, or if the officer has reasonable articulable |
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1 | | suspicion that a victim or witness, or confidential |
2 | | informant has committed or is in the process of committing |
3 | | a crime. Under these circumstances, and unless impractical |
4 | | or impossible, the officer must indicate on the recording |
5 | | the reason for continuing to record despite the request of |
6 | | the victim or witness. |
7 | | (4.5) Cameras may be turned off when the officer is |
8 | | engaged in community caretaking functions. However, the |
9 | | camera must be turned on when the officer has reason to |
10 | | believe that the person on whose behalf the officer is |
11 | | performing a community caretaking function has committed |
12 | | or is in the process of committing a crime. If exigent |
13 | | circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being |
14 | | turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as |
15 | | practicable. |
16 | | (5) The officer must provide notice of recording to any |
17 | | person if the person has a reasonable expectation of |
18 | | privacy and proof of notice must be evident in the |
19 | | recording.
If exigent circumstances exist which prevent |
20 | | the officer from providing notice, notice must be provided |
21 | | as soon as practicable. |
22 | | (6) For the purposes of redaction, labeling, or |
23 | | duplicating recordings, access to camera recordings shall |
24 | | be restricted to only those personnel responsible for those |
25 | | purposes. The recording officer and his or her supervisor |
26 | | may access and review recordings prior to completing |
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1 | | incident reports or other documentation, provided that the |
2 | | officer or his or her supervisor discloses that fact in the |
3 | | report or documentation. |
4 | | (7) Recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be |
5 | | retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera |
6 | | vendor used by the agency, on a recording medium for a |
7 | | period of 90 days. |
8 | | (A) Under no circumstances shall any recording |
9 | | made with an officer-worn body camera be altered, |
10 | | erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration of the |
11 | | 90-day storage period.
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12 | | (B) Following the 90-day storage period, any and |
13 | | all recordings made with an officer-worn body camera |
14 | | must be destroyed, unless any encounter captured on the |
15 | | recording has been flagged. An encounter is deemed to |
16 | | be flagged when:
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17 | | (i) a formal or informal complaint has been |
18 | | filed; |
19 | | (ii) the officer discharged his or her firearm |
20 | | or used force during the encounter;
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21 | | (iii) death or great bodily harm occurred to |
22 | | any person in the recording;
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23 | | (iv) the encounter resulted in a detention or |
24 | | an arrest, excluding traffic stops which resulted |
25 | | in only a minor traffic offense or business |
26 | | offense; |
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1 | | (v) the officer is the subject of an internal |
2 | | investigation or otherwise being investigated for |
3 | | possible misconduct;
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4 | | (vi) the supervisor of the officer, |
5 | | prosecutor, defendant, or court determines that |
6 | | the encounter has evidentiary value in a criminal |
7 | | prosecution; or |
8 | | (vii) the recording officer requests that the |
9 | | video be flagged for official purposes related to |
10 | | his or her official duties. |
11 | | (C) Under no circumstances shall any recording |
12 | | made with an officer-worn body camera relating to a |
13 | | flagged encounter be altered or destroyed prior to 2 |
14 | | years after the recording was flagged. If the flagged |
15 | | recording was used in a criminal, civil, or |
16 | | administrative proceeding, the recording shall not be |
17 | | destroyed except upon a final disposition and order |
18 | | from the court. |
19 | | (8) Following the 90-day storage period, recordings |
20 | | may be retained if a supervisor at the law enforcement |
21 | | agency designates the recording for training purposes. If |
22 | | the recording is designated for training purposes, the |
23 | | recordings may be viewed by officers, in the presence of a |
24 | | supervisor or training instructor, for the purposes of |
25 | | instruction, training, or ensuring compliance with agency |
26 | | policies.
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1 | | (9) Recordings shall not be used to discipline law |
2 | | enforcement officers unless: |
3 | | (A) a formal or informal complaint of misconduct |
4 | | has been made; |
5 | | (B) a use of force incident has occurred; |
6 | | (C) the encounter on the recording could result in |
7 | | a formal investigation under the Uniform Peace |
8 | | Officers' Disciplinary Act; or |
9 | | (D) as corroboration of other evidence of |
10 | | misconduct. |
11 | | Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to |
12 | | limit or prohibit a law enforcement officer from being |
13 | | subject to an action that does not amount to discipline. |
14 | | (10) The law enforcement agency shall ensure proper |
15 | | care and maintenance of officer-worn body cameras. Upon |
16 | | becoming aware, officers must as soon as practical document |
17 | | and notify the appropriate supervisor of any technical |
18 | | difficulties, failures, or problems with the officer-worn |
19 | | body camera or associated equipment. Upon receiving |
20 | | notice, the appropriate supervisor shall make every |
21 | | reasonable effort to correct and repair any of the |
22 | | officer-worn body camera equipment. |
23 | | (11) No officer may hinder or prohibit any person, not |
24 | | a law enforcement officer, from recording a law enforcement |
25 | | officer in the performance of his or her duties in a public |
26 | | place or when the officer has no reasonable expectation of |
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1 | | privacy.
The law enforcement agency's written policy shall |
2 | | indicate the potential criminal penalties, as well as any |
3 | | departmental discipline, which may result from unlawful |
4 | | confiscation or destruction of the recording medium of a |
5 | | person who is not a law enforcement officer. However, an |
6 | | officer may take reasonable action to maintain safety and |
7 | | control, secure crime scenes and accident sites, protect |
8 | | the integrity and confidentiality of investigations, and |
9 | | protect the public safety and order. |
10 | | (b) Recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body |
11 | | camera are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of |
12 | | Information Act, except that: |
13 | | (1) if the subject of the encounter has a reasonable |
14 | | expectation of privacy, at the time of the recording, any |
15 | | recording which is flagged, due to the filing of a |
16 | | complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or |
17 | | detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, shall be |
18 | | disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act |
19 | | if: |
20 | | (A) the subject of the encounter captured on the |
21 | | recording is a victim or witness; and |
22 | | (B) the law enforcement agency obtains written |
23 | | permission of the subject or the subject's legal |
24 | | representative; |
25 | | (2) except as provided in paragraph (1) of this |
26 | | subsection (b), any recording which is flagged due to the |
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1 | | filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of |
2 | | force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily |
3 | | harm shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of |
4 | | Information Act; and |
5 | | (3) upon request, the law enforcement agency shall |
6 | | disclose, in accordance with the Freedom of Information |
7 | | Act, the recording to the subject of the encounter captured |
8 | | on the recording or to the subject's attorney, or the |
9 | | officer or his or her legal representative ; and |
10 | | (4) if the subject of the encounter captured on the |
11 | | recording is not arrested or issued a summons as a result |
12 | | of the encounter, the law enforcement officer, during the |
13 | | encounter, must inform the subject of the encounter how he |
14 | | or she may obtain a copy of the recording made by the |
15 | | officer-worn body camera . |
16 | | For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), |
17 | | the subject of the encounter does not have a reasonable |
18 | | expectation of privacy if the subject was arrested as a result |
19 | | of the encounter. For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph |
20 | | (1) of this subsection (b), "witness" does not include a person |
21 | | who is a victim or who was arrested as a result of the |
22 | | encounter.
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23 | | Only recordings or portions of recordings responsive to the |
24 | | request shall be available for inspection or reproduction. Any |
25 | | recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act shall |
26 | | be redacted to remove identification of any person that appears |
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1 | | on the recording and is not the officer, a subject of the |
2 | | encounter, or directly involved in the encounter. Nothing in |
3 | | this subsection (b) shall require the disclosure of any |
4 | | recording or portion of any recording which would be exempt |
5 | | from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. |
6 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall limit access to a camera |
7 | | recording for the purposes of complying with Supreme Court |
8 | | rules or the rules of evidence.
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9 | | (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
11 | | becoming law.
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