New York S 6058: Relates to the use of body-worn cameras by police officers

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S06058 Summary:

BILL NOS06058 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3-0323, En Con L; add §13.33, Pks & Rec L

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Relates to the use of body-worn cameras by police officers; requires the department of environmental conservation and the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation establish a program to provide and require officers to wear body-worn cameras while on patrol.

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BILL NOS06058 

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6058

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the parks, recre-
 ation and historic preservation law, in relation to the use of body-
 worn cameras by police officers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 3-0323 to read as follows:
 3 § 3-0323. Police officer body-worn cameras program.
 4 1. There is hereby created within the department a police officer
 5 body-worn cameras program. The purpose of the program is to increase
 6 accountability and evidence for police officers of the department and
 7 the residents of the state by providing body-worn cameras to all police
 8 officers while on patrol.
 9 2. The department shall provide body-worn cameras, to be worn by offi-
 10 cers at all times, while on patrol. Such cameras shall record:
 11 (a) immediately before an officer exits a vehicle to interact with a
 12 person or situation, even if there is a dash camera inside such vehicle
 13 which might also be recording the interaction;
 14 (b) all uses of force, including any physical aggression and use of a
 15 non-lethal or lethal weapon;
 16 (c) all arrests and summonses;
 17 (d) all interactions with people suspected of criminal activity;
 18 (e) all searches of persons and property;
 19 (f) any call to a crime in progress;
 20 (g) investigative actions where there are interactions with members of
 21 the public;
 22 (h) any interaction with an emotionally disturbed person; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10632-01-5

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 1 (i) any instances where officers feel any imminent danger or the need
 2 to document their time on duty.
 3 3. The attorney general may investigate any instance where body
 4 cameras fail to record an event pursuant to this section.
 5 4. At the discretion of the officer, body-worn cameras may not record:
 6 (a) sensitive encounters, including but not limited to speaking with a
 7 confidential informant, or conducting a strip search; or
 8 (b) when a member of the public asks such officer to turn off the
 9 camera; provided, however, such officer may continue recording if such
 10 officer thinks a record of that interaction should be generated.
 11 5. The department shall preserve recordings of such body-worn cameras
 12 and perform all upkeep on equipment used in such body-worn cameras. Such
 13 duties shall include:
 14 (a) creating a secure record of all instances where there is recorded
 15 video or audio footage;
 16 (b) ensuring officers have sufficient storage capacity on their
 17 cameras to allow for the recording of interactions required by this
 18 section; and
 19 (c) ensuring officers have access to body-worn cameras for the record-
 20 ing of instances required by this section.
 21 § 2. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by
 22 adding a new section 13.33 to read as follows:
 23 § 13.33 Regional state park police body-worn cameras program. 1.
 24 There is hereby created within the office a regional state park police
 25 body-worn cameras program.