Bill Text: MO HB1699 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires uniformed law enforcement officers to wear a video camera while on duty to record any interaction between a law enforcement officer and a member of the public and to preserve the recordings for 30 days
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-11 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H) [HB1699 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1699-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ELLINGTON (Sponsor) AND MIMS (Co-sponsor).
5453L.02I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 590, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to requiring uniformed law enforcement officers to wear a video camera to record interactions with the public.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 590, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 590.705, to read as follows:
590.705. 1. All uniformed law enforcement officers in this state shall wear a video camera affixed to the law enforcement officer's uniform while on duty. The video camera shall record the interaction between a law enforcement officer and a member of the public. The recording shall include both audio and video.
2. All law enforcement agencies shall preserve any recordings made by a video camera under this section for a minimum of thirty days and shall develop any policies and procedures necessary to execute the provisions of this section.
3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to detectives or other law enforcement officers while they are working in an undercover capacity, or to any law enforcement officer in any situation where the wearing of such a video camera would endanger the safety of the officer or the public.
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