Recorded Interrogations and Body Cameras
Section 29-1-18 — officers who deal with the public wear body cameras, and video is kept at least 120 days
When reasonably able to, an officer electronically records a custodial interrogation in its entirety, by a method with audio or video or both at a police station where available, including the advice of constitutional rights, unless the officer has good cause not to.
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A law enforcement agency requires officers who routinely interact with the public to wear a body worn camera on duty, with policies requiring activation on a call for service or at the start of an encounter, no deactivation until it ends, and retention of video for at least one hundred twenty days.
Sources for this section (2)
- NMSA 1978, § 29-1-16 — Electronic recordings of custodial interrogations
- NMSA 1978, § 29-1-18 — Requiring certain law enforcement agencies to use body- worn cameras while on duty; exceptions; adoption of policies and procedures governing use
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