‘‘(3) REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of 
Audit, Assessment, and Management shall evaluate 
the policies and protocols of the grantees and take 
such steps as the Director of the Office of Audit, As-
sessment, and Management determines necessary to 
ensure compliance with the program. 
‘‘SEC. 3032. BODY-WORN CAMERA TRAINING TOOLKIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish and 
maintain a toolkit for law enforcement agencies, academia, 
and other relevant entities to provide training and tech-
nical assistance, including best practices for implementa-
tion, model policies and procedures, and research mate-
rials. 
‘‘(b) MECHANISM.—In establishing the toolkit re-
quired to under subsection (a), the Director may consoli-
date research, practices, templates, and tools that been de-
veloped by expert and law enforcement agencies across the 
country. 
‘‘SEC. 3033. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 
part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian Tribe shall submit an application to the 
Director in a form and containing information as the Di-
rector may reasonably require. 
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‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this part, the Director shall 
promulgate regulations to implement this part, including 
the information that shall be included and the require-
ments that the States, units of local government, and In-
dian Tribes must meet in submitting the applications re-
quired under this section. 
‘‘SEC. 3034. STUDY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date on which all grants are awarded under this part, the 
Director shall conduct a study on— 
‘‘(1) the efficacy of body-worn cameras in deter-
ring excessive force by law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(2) the impact of body-worn cameras on the 
accountability and transparency of the use of force 
by law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(3) the impact of body-worn cameras on re-
sponses to and adjudications of complaints of exces-
sive force; 
‘‘(4) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 
on the safety of law enforcement officers on patrol; 
‘‘(5) the effect of the use of body-worn cameras 
on public safety; 
‘‘(6) the impact of body-worn cameras on evi-
dence collection for criminal investigations; 
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‘‘(7) issues relating to the secure storage and 
handling of recorded data from the body-worn cam-
eras; 
‘‘(8) issues relating to the privacy of citizens 
and officers recorded on body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(9) issues relating to the constitutional rights 
of individuals on whom facial recognition technology 
is used; 
‘‘(10) issues relating to limitations on the use 
of facial recognition technology; 
‘‘(11) issues relating to the public’s access to 
body-worn camera footage; 
‘‘(12) the need for proper training of law en-
forcement officers that use body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(13) best practices in the development of pro-
tocols for the safe and effective use of body-worn 
cameras; 
‘‘(14) a review of law enforcement agencies that 
found body-worn cameras to be unhelpful in the op-
erations of the agencies; and 
‘‘(15) any other factors that the Director deter-
mines are relevant in evaluating the efficacy of body- 
worn cameras. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the study required under subsection (a) is 
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completed, the Director shall submit to Congress a report 
on the study, which shall include any policy recommenda-
tions that the Director considers appropriate.’’. 
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