New York A 11196: Requires a police officer accompanying federal immigration officers to wear and use a body camera and secure the recordings

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A11196 Summary:

BILL NOA11196 

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SPONSORWalker

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Amd §234, Exec L; add §208-i, Gen Muni L

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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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BILL NOA11196 

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05/01/2026referred to governmental operations

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 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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