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5 124th Morrison Congress

2nd Session

H.R. 124-025
Title of the Bill:

Police Body Camera Bill

Main Author(s):

Tevah Fiol, Joanna Cho

Co-Sponsor(s):

N/A
BE IT ENACTED BY THE MORRISON CONGRESS

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SECTION 1: Findings
Congress makes the following findings:
1) The Washington Post reports that since the beginning of this year,
police have killed more than 714 people, and estimates that officers wore
body cameras in less than 13% of all fatal police shootings during 2016.
2) The DOJ announced on Sept. 26, 2016, that it is apportioning $20
million to police departments in 32 states for body cameras, the awards being
part of a 24-month program for collecting data on how well the cameras
improve law enforcements interactions with the public.
3) Few studies have been conducted in examining this change to law
enforcement, but research from a 2014 Arizona State University study
suggests cameras escalate officer productivity, reduce the number of citizen
complaints, and improve court processing of criminal cases.
4) Knowing the costs involved in maintaining a body camera system are
not insignificant, Donald Trump has spoken in support of US government
funding to implement body camera systems in US police departments. This is
the yet another statement from a high-profile political figure to indicate that
bipartisan consensus for increased officer accountability may be mounting
across the American political landscape.
5) Due to the privacy implications of body cameras, police body camera
policy will need to effectively balance privacy with the desire to hold police
officers accountable for their actions.
6) The DOJ reported last year that about 1 in 3 local police departments
provided body cameras to officers in the year 2013. We have yet to see solid
statistics for how many body cameras are currently being used.
SECTION 2: Purpose
This Bill provides that all police departments will be required to maintain a body
camera system, and an allowance of $50 million dollars out of the federal budget
will be distributed to all police departments in the U.S. for body cameras. It also
provides that a thoroughly conducted federal survey by the DOJ will be made
semiannually to evaluate the effects of the new change in law enforcement.
SECTION 3: General Provisions
All police departments will be required to maintain a body camera system, and each
policeman will be required to wear a body camera at all times during his/her duty.
A total of $50 million dollars will be proportionately distributed to all police
departments across the U.S. for the purchasing and maintaining the body
cameras.
A thoroughly conducted federal survey will be made semiannually as well, to
evaluate the effects of this new change in law enforcement.

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SECTION 4: Definitions
DOJ: Department of Justice.
Privacy implications: Some have suggested that victims may be concerned about
being videotaped during the incident.

Works Cited:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/donald-trump-police-body-camerasfederal-funding
http://qz.com/793740/the-department-of-justice-doj-is-giving-20-million-to-policedepartments-in-32-states-for-body-cameras/

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