STATEMENT TO
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 1163
with Assembly Floor Amendments
(Proposed by Assemblywoman TUCKER)
ADOPTED: AUGUST 27, 2020
These Assembly amendments provide exceptions to the requirement under the bill that every uniformed State, county, and municipal patrol law enforcement officer wear a body worn camera that electronically records audio and video while acting in the performance of the officer’s official duties.
As provided in the amendments, the exceptions to wearing a body worn camera include:
(1) while engaging in an undercover assignment;
(2) when assigned to non-uniformed duties;
(3) while serving in an administrative position within the Department;
(4) while meeting with a confidential informant;
(5) while engaging in union representation of a member of the collective bargaining group;
(6) when directed by the Chief or a superior officer for a lawful purpose;
(7) a detective or investigator of a county prosecutor’s office or Division of Criminal Justice when authorized by the County Prosecutor or Attorney General; or
(8) at the request of a member of the public pursuant to rules developed by the Attorney General.