Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed by ...

§ 22-b. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of\nincarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers\nemployed by the department. 1. Definition. As used in this section the\nterm "video footage" shall include, but not be limited to, recordings\nfrom fixed or stationary cameras, body-worn cameras, handheld devices,\nor any other recording equipment maintained or used by correctional\nstaff within an institution or correctional facility.\n 2. Duty to disclose. The department shall disclose to the attorney\ngeneral's office of special investigation any video footage that such\noffice deems to be related to the death of an incarcerated individual.\nThis shall include any case in which the attorney general's office of\nspecial investigation determines the death involves a correction officer\nor peace officer employed by the department.\n 3. Timeframe for disclosure. The commissioner or commissioner's\ndesignee shall make reasonable good faith efforts to ascertain the\nexistence of and obtain any relevant video footage or audio recordings\nthat existed or that may be related to the death and shall disclose such\nvideo footage or audio records within seventy-two hours of the\noccurrence of the death. If the commissioner or commissioner's designee\nlearns of additional video footage or audio recordings which are related\nto the death, the commissioner or commissioner's designee shall disclose\nsuch recordings within twenty-four hours of such discovery and provide\nthe circumstances surrounding the discovery of such records to the\nattorney general's office of special investigations.\n 4. Redactions and exceptions. No redactions shall be made to the video\nfootage before it is disclosed to the attorney general's office of\nspecial investigation.\n