- (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of officer body-worn cameras to be adopted by law enforcement agencies that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The rules shall comply with the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.
(b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for officer-worn body cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall include:
- (1) a brief overview of the makeup of the agency, including the number of officers utilizing officer-worn body cameras;
- (2) the number of officer-worn body cameras utilized by the law enforcement agency;
- (3) any technical issues with the equipment and how those issues were remedied;
- (4) a brief description of the review process used by supervisors within the law enforcement agency;
(5) for each recording used in prosecutions of conservation, criminal, or traffic offenses or municipal ordinance violations:
- (A) the time, date, and location of the incident; and
- (B) the offenses charged and the date charges were filed;
(6) for a recording used in a civil proceeding or internal affairs investigation:
- (A) the number of pending civil proceedings and internal investigations;
(B) in resolved civil proceedings and pending investigations:
- (i) the nature of the complaint or allegations;
- (ii) the disposition, if known; and
- (iii) the date, time and location of the incident; and
- (7) any other information relevant to the administration of the program.
- (c) On or before July 30 of each year, the Board must analyze the law enforcement agency reports and provide an annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor.
(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)