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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1680 
To establish a pilot grant program to assist State and local law enforcement 
agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Ms. BROWN of Florida (for herself, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mrs. 
LAWRENCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a pilot grant program to assist State and local 
law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn cam-
eras for law enforcement officers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Creating Ac-
countability by Making Effective Recording Available Act 
of 2015’’ or the ‘‘Police CAMERA Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT BODY-WORN CAMERAS. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART LL—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY-WORN CAMERAS 
‘‘SEC. 3021. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Attorney General 
for the Office of Justice Programs (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Assistant Attorney General’) may make grants 
to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to 
purchase or lease body-worn cameras for use by State, 
local, and tribal law enforcement officers (as defined in 
section 2503) and expenses related to the implementation 
of a body-worn camera program in order to deter excessive 
force, improve accountability and transparency of use of 
force by law enforcement officers, assist in responding to 
complaints against law enforcement officers, and improve 
evidence collection. 
‘‘(b) DURATION OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 
part shall be 2 years in duration. 
‘‘(2) DISBURSEMENT OF GRANT AMOUNT.—In 
disbursing a grant awarded to an entity under this 
section— 
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‘‘(A) upon awarding the grant to the enti-
ty, the Assistant Attorney General shall dis-
burse 50 percent of the total grant amount to 
the entity; and 
‘‘(B) upon demonstration by the entity of 
completion of the requirements in subsection 
(d)(1), the Assistant Attorney General shall dis-
burse the remaining 50 percent of the total 
grant amount to the entity. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be— 
‘‘(1) distributed directly to the State, unit of 
local government, or Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(2) used for— 
‘‘(A) the purchase or lease of body-worn 
cameras for law enforcement officers on patrol 
in the jurisdiction of the grantee; 
‘‘(B) any costs relating to the implementa-
tion of a body-worn camera program, including 
law enforcement officer training or the storage 
or maintenance of data collected under a body- 
worn camera program; or 
‘‘(C) implementing policies or procedures 
to comply with the requirements described in 
subsection (d). 
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‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Attorney 
General shall award a grant under this section to a 
State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe re-
questing the grant that commits to— 
‘‘(A) establishing policies and procedures 
in accordance with the requirements described 
in paragraph (2) before law enforcement offi-
cers use of body-worn cameras; 
‘‘(B) adopting data collection and retention 
protocols as described in paragraph (3) before 
law enforcement officers use of body-worn cam-
eras; 
‘‘(C) making the policies and protocols de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) available 
to the public; and 
‘‘(D) complying with the requirements for 
use of data under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.— 
An entity receiving a grant under this section 
shall— 
‘‘(A) develop with community input and 
publish for public view policies and protocols 
for— 
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‘‘(i) the safe and effective use of body- 
worn cameras; 
‘‘(ii) the secure storage, handling, and 
destruction of data collected by body-worn 
cameras; 
‘‘(iii) protecting the privacy rights of 
any individual who may be recorded by a 
body-worn camera; and 
‘‘(iv) the release of any data collected 
by a body-worn camera in accordance with 
the open records laws, if any, of the State; 
and 
‘‘(B) conduct periodic evaluations of the 
security of the storage and handling of the 
body-worn camera data. 
‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTION AND RETENTION PRO-
TOCOL.—The data collection and retention protocol 
described in this paragraph is a protocol that— 
‘‘(A) requires— 
‘‘(i) a law enforcement officer who is 
wearing a body-mounted camera to provide 
an explanation if an activity that is re-
quired to be recorded by the body-mounted 
camera is not recorded; 
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consent to be recorded from a crime victim 
or witness before interviewing the victim or 
witness; 
‘‘(iii) the collection of data unrelated 
to a legitimate law enforcement purpose be 
minimized to the greatest extent prac-
ticable; 
‘‘(iv) the system used to store data 
collected by body-worn cameras shall log 
all viewing, modification, or deletion of 
stored data and shall prevent, to the great-
est extent practicable, the unauthorized ac-
cess or disclosure of stored data; 
‘‘(v) any law enforcement officer be 
prohibited from accessing the stored data 
without an authorized purpose; and 
‘‘(vi) the law enforcement agency to 
collect and report data on— 
‘‘(I) incidences of use of force, 
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gen-
der, and age of the victim; 
‘‘(II) the number of complaints 
filed against law enforcement officers; 
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