Topic: technology

Relates to law enforcement training,relates to courses and training provided by technology center schools,creates certain response deadline,authorizes resubmittal,limits size of application,removes maximum annual approval,allows certain contracting,provides an effective date.

The act creates standards for a law enforcement agency that uses a body camera on a law enforcement
officer. Specifically, the act addresses law enforcement agency policies, training, and compliance related
to body cameras, and retention and release of body camera data.

If a law enforcement agency uses a body camera, the agency must have a written policy on the use, maintenance, and storage of the cameras and the data recorded by the cameras. Agencies retain data from the recordings for at least 120 days and specifies the circumstances in which that data must be retained longer. If data depict an encounter that resulted in a death, injury, or custodial arrest,a search during temporary questioning,or an encounter that involved an officer using force, the agency must retain the data until the final disposition of the investigation, case, or complaint to which the data pertain. Under the bill, the data from body cameras are subject to inspection and copying under the open records laws with exceptions to protect privacy and the identity of victims and minors.