Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 828
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       30-01453-17                                            2017828__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to law enforcement body cameras;
    3         amending s. 943.1718, F.S.; requiring that law
    4         enforcement agencies with officers who engage in
    5         routine traffic stops require officers engaging in
    6         such stops to wear and use body cameras on or before a
    7         specified date; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 943.1718, Florida
   12  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (5) and a new subsection
   13  (4) is added to that section to read:
   14         943.1718 Body cameras; policies and procedures.—
   15         (4) On or before January 1, 2018, every law enforcement
   16  agency that has officers who engage in routine traffic stops
   17  shall incorporate into the agency’s traffic stop procedures a
   18  requirement that officers engaging in such stops wear and use
   19  body cameras during such stops.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.