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A11196 Summary:

BILL NO	A11196
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Walker
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §234, Exec L; add §208-i, Gen Muni L
Requires certain police officers to wear and turn on body-worn cameras when accompanying an agent or officer of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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A11196 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          11196
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 1, 2026
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law and the general municipal law, in
          relation to requiring a  police  officer  accompanying  federal  immi-
          gration  officers  to  wear  and  use  a  body  camera  and secure the
          recordings

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 2 of section 234 of
     2  the executive law, as added by chapter 105 of  the  laws  of  2020,  are
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (h) any interaction with an emotionally disturbed person; [and]
     5    (i)  any instance when an officer accompanies or is in the presence of
     6  an agent or officer of the U.S. Immigration and Customs  Enforcement  or
     7  of U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection who is performing immigration-re-
     8  lated duties; and
     9    (j)  any instances where officers feel any imminent danger or the need
    10  to document their time on duty.
    11    § 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
    12  208-i to read as follows:
    13    §  208-i.  Body-worn  cameras. 1. Every police department in a city or
    14  county having a population of twenty  thousand  or  more  and  that  has
    15  instituted  a  body-worn  camera  program shall require officers of such
    16  department to wear and turn on such body-worn cameras  in  any  instance
    17  when  the officer accompanies or is in the presence of an agent or offi-
    18  cer of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or of U.S.   Customs
    19  and Boarder Protection who is performing immigration-related duties.
    20    2.  The  police department shall preserve recordings of such body-worn
    21  cameras and perform all upkeep  on  equipment  used  in  such  body-worn
    22  cameras. Such duties shall include:
    23    (a)  creating a secure record of all instances where there is recorded
    24  video or audio footage;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15523-01-6
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     1    (b) ensuring  officers  have  sufficient  storage  capacity  on  their
     2  cameras  to  allow  for  the  recording of interactions required by this
     3  section; and
     4    (c) ensuring officers have access to body-worn cameras for the record-
     5  ing of instances required by this section.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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