The bill also provides that if a public authority has custody of data from a body
camera used by a law enforcement agency, that authority is not considered to be the
custodian of that data. For purposes of requests for access to such data, the bill
provides that the law enforcement agency is considered to be the custodian of that
data and the bill directs any other authority that has custody of any such data to deny
access to that data.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB351,1 3Section 1. 165.87 of the statutes is created to read:
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1165.87 Body cameras on law enforcement. (1) (a) If a law enforcement
2agency uses a body camera on a law enforcement officer, the law enforcement agency
3shall administer a policy regarding all of the following:
AB351,2,54 1. The use, maintenance, and storage of body cameras and data recorded by the
5body cameras.
AB351,2,76 2. Any limitations the law enforcement agency imposes on which law
7enforcement officers may wear a body camera.
AB351,2,98 3. Any limitations the law enforcement agency imposes on situations, persons,
9or encounters that may be recorded by a body camera.
AB351,2,1110 (b) If a law enforcement agency uses a body camera on a law enforcement
11officer, the law enforcement agency shall do all of the following:
AB351,2,1312 1. Train all law enforcement officers wearing a body camera on the policy under
13par. (a) and on the requirements under sub. (2).
AB351,2,1514 2. Train all employees that use, maintain, store, or release data from a body
15camera on the policy under par. (a) and on the requirements under subs. (2) and (3).
AB351,2,1816 3. Periodically review practices regarding the body cameras and data from body
17cameras to ensure compliance with the policy under par. (a) and the requirements
18under subs. (2) and (3).
AB351,2,21 19(2) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b), (c), and (d), all data from a body camera
20shall be retained for a minimum of 120 days after the date of recording and may be
21destroyed after that time.
AB351,2,2322 (b) Data recording any of the following shall be retained until disposition of the
23case or complaint:
AB351,2,2524 1. An encounter that resulted in the death of any individual or actual or alleged
25physical injury to an individual.
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12. An encounter that resulted in a custodial arrest.
AB351,3,32 3. A search during an authorized temporary questioning as provided in s.
3968.25.
AB351,3,74 (c) Retention beyond 120 days may be directed by a law enforcement officer or
5law enforcement agency, a prosecutor, a defendant, or a court that determines that
6the data have evidentiary value in a prosecution. An entity making the directive
7shall submit a preservation order within 120 days after the incident.
AB351,3,138 (d) Data retained under par. (a), (b), or (c) that are used in a criminal, civil, or
9administrative hearing may not be destroyed except upon final disposition, a
10determination from the court or hearing examiner that the data are no longer
11needed, and an order from the court or hearing examiner. Data retained in internal
12investigations that are not subject to any such jurisdiction may be disposed of by the
13law enforcement agency.
AB351,3,14 14(3) (a) In this subsection:
AB351,3,1615 1. “Known victim or witness" means an individual to whom all of the following
16apply:
AB351,3,1717 a. The individual was present at the location during the recording.
AB351,3,1818 b. The individual's identity is known to the law enforcement agency.
AB351,3,2119 c. The individual is not suspected of committing a crime or other violation of
20law in connection with the law enforcement officer's presence in the location that was
21recorded.
AB351,3,2222 2. “Owner" means an individual to whom all of the following apply:
AB351,3,2423 a. The individual owns or otherwise controls the property at the location that
24was recorded.
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1b. The individual is not suspected of committing a crime or other violation of
2law in connection with the law enforcement officer's presence in the location that was
3recorded.
AB351,4,74 (b) Data from a body camera are confidential and not open to inspection and
5copying under s. 19.35 (1) unless sub. (2) (b) applies to the data. If sub. (2) (b) applies
6to the data, the data are subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35
7(1), except as provided in par. (c).
AB351,4,138 (c) 1. If the data record a location where an individual may have a reasonable
9expectation of privacy, the data recording the location are not subject to the right of
10inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) unless each individual who is a known
11victim or witness or an owner, or a person authorized by each such individual as
12described under s. 19.32 (1m), provides the law enforcement agency with written
13permission for the release.
AB351,4,2114 2. Upon receipt of a request under s. 19.35 (1) for data to which this paragraph
15applies, the law enforcement agency shall, subject to subd. 3., mail a request for such
16permission to the last-known address of each individual who is a known victim or
17witness or an owner. If the law enforcement agency has not received the requisite
18permission to release the data within 14 business days after the law enforcement
19agency mails the requests, the law enforcement agency may deny the request, but
20any written permission for the release received after that 14-day period shall be
21valid as to any subsequent requests for the same data.
AB351,4,2422 3. a. A law enforcement agency is not required to mail requests for permission
23to release data under subd. 2. if the law enforcement agency denies the request on
24other grounds.
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1b. After a law enforcement agency mails requests for permission under subd.
22., the law enforcement agency is not required to mail such requests for any
3subsequent request under s. 19.35 (1) for the same data.
AB351,5,64 4. A law enforcement agency shall retain any correspondence related to data
5to which this paragraph applies for at least as long as the law enforcement agency
6retains the data to which the correspondence relates.
AB351,5,77 (d) 1. In this paragraph, “authority” has the meaning given in s. 19.32 (1).
AB351,5,138 2. For purposes of requests under s. 19.35 (1) for access to data from a body
9camera used by a law enforcement agency, the law enforcement agency is the legal
10custodian of the record, and if any other authority has custody of any such data, that
11authority is not the legal custodian of that data. If any other authority receives a
12request under s. 19.35 (1) for that data, that authority shall deny any portion of the
13request that relates to that data.
AB351,5,1414 (End)
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