Directs commissioner of criminal justice services to establish a pilot program for use of video equipment in police cars in five New York city precincts.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4673
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to direct the commissioner of criminal justice services to estab-
lish a pilot program for the installation and use of video recording
equipment in certain vehicles of the police department of the city of
New York; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of criminal justice services shall, in
2 consultation with the police commissioner of the city of New York,
3 establish a pilot program providing for the installation and use of
4 video cameras and recording equipment in all marked police vehicles in
5 five precincts of the police department of the city of New York. All
6 such equipment shall be installed on or before December 31, 2011, and
7 shall be used whenever the police vehicle is in use on or after January
8 1, 2012. The commissioner of criminal justice services shall promulgate
9 any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
10 section. Such rules and regulations shall require that all video
11 recordings shall be maintained by the police department of the city of
12 New York for not less than six months and establish minimum standards
13 for the video cameras, recording equipment and magnetic media recording
14 tapes to be used.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
16 deemed repealed December 31, 2014.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00070-01-1
