Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-951-R2

2nd Redraft EPS 951

Body Camera Task Force

Mr. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after section 100 the following section:-

“SECTION 100A. (a) There shall be a task force to develop uniform recommendations to assist state and municipal police departments in the deployment of body cameras. The task force shall review all available data from completed and ongoing body camera pilot programs in the commonwealth as well as best practices from other states to develop a uniform policy for the state and municipal police departments. The task force recommendations shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the use of cameras; (ii) addressing privacy protections; (iii) a policy for retention of and access to video footage; (iv) enforcement; and (v) reporting and program evaluation.

(b) The task force shall consist of: (i) the secretary of public safety and security or a designee, who shall serve as chair; (ii) the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc. or a designee; (iii) the colonel of the state police or a designee; (iv) the court administrator of the trial court or a designee; (v) the president of the State Police Association of Massachusetts or a designee; and (vii) 4 members to be appointed by the governor from geographically diverse regions, 1 of whom shall represent a police department in a municipality that has utilized body cameras with a population greater than 100,000, 1 of whom shall represent a police department in a municipality that has utilized body cameras with a population less than 55,000, 1 of whom shall represent a municipal law enforcement labor organization and 1 of whom shall be a public defender.

(c) Not later than March 1, 2018, the task force shall report its findings as well any recommended legislation to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, who shall forward the same to the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security.”