Probation officers: body-worn cameras: County of Los Angeles.

Plain English Breakdown

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Body-Worn Cameras for Probation Officers in Los Angeles County

This law requires Los Angeles County to start a body-worn camera program for probation officers by January 1, 2028.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the County of Los Angeles to create and implement a body-worn camera program for its Probation Department starting on January 1, 2028.
• Sets a deadline of June 1, 2027, for the county, probation department, and employee organizations to develop policies and plans for the body-worn camera program.
• Specifies that the policy must include best practices for reviewing recorded data from body-worn cameras.

Who It Names or Affects

• Los Angeles County Probation Department
• Probation officers in Los Angeles County

Terms To Know

Body-Worn Camera Program

A system where probation officers wear cameras to record their interactions with minors on probation.

Employee Organizations

Groups that represent the interests of employees, such as unions or associations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the County of Los Angeles fails to meet the June 1, 2027 deadline.
• It is unclear how much money will be needed to start and run this program.

Official Summary Text

AB 2419, as introduced, Quirk-Silva.
Probation officers: body-worn cameras: County of Los Angeles.
Existing law subjects a minor between 12 and 17 years of age, who violates any federal, state, or local law or ordinance, and a minor under 12 years of age who is alleged to have committed specified serious offenses, to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court. Existing law assigns various responsibilities relating to these individuals to the probation officer, including, among others, the responsibility to supervise minors placed on probation.
This bill would require the County of Los Angeles to implement a body-worn camera program for the County of Los Angeles Probation Department (probation department). The bill would require the county, the probation department, and affected employee organizations to develop the body-worn camera policy and a plan for implementing the body-worn camera
program by no later than June 1, 2027. The bill would require the body-worn camera program to be implemented beginning on January 1, 2028. The bill would specify the minimum requirements for the policy, including the best practices for officer review of recorded body-worn camera data. Because this bill would create new duties for the County of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles Probation Department, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the
Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Current Bill Text

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