Ala. Code § 36-21-210

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.

Section 36-21-210 - Definitions

As used in this act, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) BODY-WORN CAMERA. An operational video or digital camera or other electronic device, including a microphone or other mechanism to capture audio, affixed to the uniform or person of law enforcement agency personnel and positioned in a way that allows the camera or device to capture interactions between law enforcement agency personnel and others.

(2) CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. The law enforcement agency that owns or leases or whose personnel operates the equipment that created the recording at the time the recording was made. If another law enforcement agency takes over the investigation of the recorded incident, that agency becomes the custodial law enforcement agency for the purposes of this act.

(3) DASHBOARD CAMERA. A device or system installed or used in a law enforcement agency vehicle that electronically records images or audio of interactions between law enforcement agency personnel and others. This term does not include a body-worn camera.

(4) DISCLOSE or DISCLOSURE. To make a recording available for viewing or listening at a time and location chosen by the custodial law enforcement agency. This term does not include the release of a recording.

(5) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. A parent, court-appointed guardian, spouse, or attorney of an individual whose image or voice is the subject of the recording. If an individual whose image or voice is the subject of the recording is deceased, the term also means the personal representative of the estate of the deceased individual; the deceased individual's surviving spouse, parent, or adult child; the deceased individual's attorney; or the parent or guardian of a surviving minor child of the deceased.

(6) RECORDING. A visual, audio, or visual and audio recording captured by a body-worn camera, a dashboard camera, or any other video or audio recording device operated by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency or law enforcement agency personnel when carrying out law enforcement responsibilities. This term does not include any video or audio recordings of interviews regarding agency internal investigations or interviews or interrogations of suspects or witnesses.

(7) RELEASE. To provide a copy of a recording.

Ala. Code § 36-21-210 (1975)

Added by Act 2023-507,§ 1, eff. 9/1/2023.