Grants to Illinois police agencies of municipalities, counties, park districts, public universities, and all units of Illinois local governmental for the reimbursement of purchases of in-car video cameras for use in law enforcement vehicles; officer-worn body cameras for law enforcement officers, data storage costs related to officer-worn cameras, and training for law enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras. The reimbursement is for the purchase of cameras, data storage, and training directly related to the operation of such purchased camera(s).

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50 ILCS 707 - Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act

20 Ill. Adm. Code 1705.100

To issue reimbursement grants to police agencies of Illinois municipalities, counties, park districts, public universities, and units of local government for the reimbursement of purchases of in-car video cameras for use in law enforcement vehicles; officer-worn body cameras for law enforcement officers, costs of data storage related to officer-worn cameras, and training for law enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras. Purchase costs must be incurred, and proof of receipt must be provided prior to award.

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Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation, rules. The Board shall consider compliance with the Uniform Crime Reporting Act as a factor in awarding grant moneys. Rules; in-car video camera grants. Applicant agencies must be compliant with the reporting requirements of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. After award, each agency must adopt polices addressing the operational and programmatic requirements of Sections 10-15, 10-20, and 10-25 of the Law Enforcement Officer-Worm Body Camera Act; and Sections 15 and 20 of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act.

Government Organizations;

Grants to police agencies of Illinois municipalities, counties, park districts, public universities, and units of local governmental for the reimbursement of purchases of in-car video cameras for use in law enforcement vehicles; officer-worn body cameras for law enforcement officers, costs for data storage for officer-worn cameras, and training for law enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras. The reimbursement is for the purchase costs of cameras, data storage, and training directly related to operation of such purchased camera. Agencies must be GATA compliant/approved and be compliant will all statutory and ILETSB obligations and training mandates upon application and prior to receiving any awards. Purchase costs must be incurred, and proof of receipt must be provided prior to award. Applicant agencies that have already received awards under the Camera Grant Act after 2016 must be fully compliant with the reporting requirements of the Act. Any deficiencies in reporting must be rectified before any agency is eligible for an award under this opportunity.

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Direct Payments for Specific Use

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Applications will be evaluated and assessed based upon community characteristics and agency need. Awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and recipients must comply with all special reporting requirements found in Sections 15 and 20 of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act.

The following application materials will be required when applying for an award: - Uniform Grant Application - Uniform Budget Template - Conflict of Interest Affidavit (Grantee) - Supplemental Application Applicant's must meet GATA pre-qualification requirements and Applicant's must have the current annual Fiscal and Administrative Risk Assessment (ICQ) completed and approved by the closing date/time of the funding opportunity in which they are applying. Application Packages will be evaluated and assessed based upon community characteristics and agency need. Awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and recipients must comply with all special reporting requirements found in Sections 15 and 20 of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Once the selection of the Applicant/Awardee is determined based on the evaluation criteria described, as well as ensuring the Applicant is compliant with all statutory obligation, training mandates, ILETSB rules and GATA, they will receive a NOSA (Notice of State Award) via the Grantee Portal, in which they will need to review and either accept or deny. If the Grantee accepts the terms of the award depicted within the NOSA, ILETSB will draft, circulate and execute a Grant Agreement. Please note: acceptance of the NOSA does not constitute an award. An agreement will need to be executed in order to constitute an award.

Applications will be evaluated and assessed based upon community characteristics and agency need. Awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and recipients must comply with all special reporting requirements found in Sections 15 and 20 of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act.

The following application materials will be required when applying for an award: - Uniform Grant Application - Uniform Budget Template - Conflict of Interest Affidavit (Grantee) - Supplemental Application Applicant's must meet GATA pre-qualification requirements and Applicant's must have the current annual Fiscal and Administrative Risk Assessment (ICQ) completed and approved by the closing date/time of the funding opportunity in which they are applying. Application Packages will be evaluated and assessed based upon community characteristics and agency need. Awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and recipients must comply with all special reporting requirements found in Sections 15 and 20 of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Once the selection of the Applicant/Awardee is determined based on the evaluation criteria described, as well as ensuring the Applicant is GATA compliant, they will receive a NOSA (Notice of State Award) via the Grantee Portal, in which they will need to review and either accept or deny. If the Grantee accepts the terms of the award depicted within the NOSA, ILETSB will draft, circulate and execute a Grant Agreement. Please note: acceptance of the NOSA does not constitute an award. An agreement will need to be executed in order to constitute an award.

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Funds will be awarded to police agencies of Illinois municipalities, counties, park districts, public universities, and units of local governmental for the reimbursement of purchases of in-car video cameras for use in law enforcement vehicles; officer-worn body cameras for law enforcement officers, the costs of data storage for officer-worn cameras, and training for law enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras. The reimbursement is for cameras, data storage, and training directly related to such purchased cameras. Reimbursable costs are limited $895 for each officer-worn body camera, $5,752 for each in-car (dash) camera, and $100 per officer/per day of training.

Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall include the following: (1) the number of cameras received by the law enforcement agency; (2) the number of cameras actually installed in law enforcement agency vehicles; (3) a brief description of the review process used by supervisors within the law enforcement agency; (4) a list of any criminal, traffic, ordinance, and civil cases in which in-car video recordings were used, including party names, case numbers, offenses charged, and disposition of the matter. Proceedings to which this paragraph (4) applies include, but are not limited to, court proceedings, coroner's inquests, grand jury proceedings, and plea bargains; and (5) any other information relevant to the administration of the program. Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for officer-worn body cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall include: (1) a brief overview of the makeup of the agency, including the number of officers utilizing officer-worn body cameras; (2) the number of officer-worn body cameras utilized by the law enforcement agency; (3) any technical issues with the equipment and how those issues were remedied; (4) a brief description of the review process used by supervisors within the law enforcement agency; (5) for each recording used in prosecutions of conservation, criminal, or traffic offenses or municipal ordinance violations: (A) the time, date, and location of the incident; and (B) the offenses charged and the date charges were filed; (6) for a recording used in a civil proceeding or internal affairs investigation: (A) the number of pending civil proceedings and internal investigations; (B) in resolved civil proceedings and pending investigations: (i) the nature of the complaint or allegations; (ii) the disposition, if known; and (iii) the date, time and location of the incident; and (7) any other information relevant to the administration of the program.

GATA Annual Audit Requirement does apply to this program.

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I. In-Car Video Camera Policies: (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of in-car video cameras to be adopted by law enforcement agencies that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The rules shall include all of the following requirements: (1) Cameras must be installed in the law enforcement agency vehicles. (2) Video recording must provide audio of the officer when the officer is outside of the vehicle. (3) Camera access must be restricted to the supervisors of the officer in the vehicle. (4) Cameras must be turned on continuously throughout the officer's shift. (5) A copy of the video record must be made available upon request to personnel of the law enforcement agency, the local State's Attorney, and any persons depicted in the video. Procedures for distribution of the video record must include safeguards to protect the identities of individuals who are not a party to the requested stop. (6) Law enforcement agencies that receive moneys under this grant shall provide for storage of the video records for a period of not less than 2 years. II. Officer-Worn Camera Policies (a) The Board shall develop basic guidelines for the use of officer-worn body cameras by law enforcement agencies. The guidelines developed by the Board shall be the basis for the written policy which must be adopted by each law enforcement agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras. The written policy adopted by the law enforcement agency must include, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) Cameras must be equipped with pre-event recording, capable of recording at least the 30 seconds prior to camera activation, unless the officer-worn body camera was purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2015. (2) Cameras must be capable of recording for a period of 10 hours or more, unless the officer-worn body camera was purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2015. (3) Cameras must be turned on at all times when the officer is in uniform and is responding to calls for service or engaged in any law enforcement-related encounter or activity that occurs while the officer is on duty. (A) If exigent circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as practicable. (B) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off when the officer is inside of a patrol car which is equipped with a functioning in-car camera; however, the officer must turn on the camera upon exiting the patrol vehicle for law enforcement-related encounters. (C) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off when the officer is inside a correctional facility or courthouse which is equipped with a functioning camera system. (4) Cameras must be turned off when: (A) the victim of a crime requests that the camera be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible, that request is made on the recording; (B) a witness of a crime or a community member who wishes to report a crime requests that the camera be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible that request is made on the recording; (C) the officer is interacting with a confidential informant used by the law enforcement agency; or (D) an officer of the Department of Revenue enters a Department of Revenue facility or conducts an interview during which return information will be discussed or visible. However, an officer may continue to record or resume recording a victim or a witness, if exigent circumstances exist, or if the officer has reasonable articulable suspicion that a victim or witness, or confidential informant has committed or is in the process of committing a crime. Under these circumstances, and unless impractical or impossible, the officer must indicate on the recording the reason for continuing to record despite the request of the victim or witness. (4.5) Cameras may be turned off when the officer is engaged in community caretaking functions. However, the camera must be turned on when the officer has reason to believe that the person on whose behalf the officer is performing a community caretaking function has committed or is in the process of committing a crime. If exigent circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as practicable. (5) The officer must provide notice of recording to any person if the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and proof of notice must be evident in the recording. If exigent circumstances exist which prevent the officer from providing notice, notice must be provided as soon as practicable. (6) (A) For the purposes of redaction or duplicating recordings, access to camera recordings shall be restricted to only those personnel responsible for those purposes. The recording officer or his or her supervisor may not redact, duplicate, or otherwise alter the recording officer's camera recordings. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the recording officer and his or her supervisor may access and review recordings prior to completing incident reports or other documentation, provided that the supervisor discloses that fact in the report or documentation. (i) A law enforcement officer shall not have access to or review his or her body-worn camera recordings or the body-worn camera recordings of another officer prior to completing incident reports or other documentation when the officer: (a) has been involved in or is a witness to an officer-involved shooting, use of deadly force incident, or use of force incidents resulting in great bodily harm; (b) is ordered to write a report in response to or during the investigation of a misconduct complaint against the officer. (ii) If the officer subject to subparagraph (i) prepares a report, any report shall be prepared without viewing body-worn camera recordings, and subject to supervisor's approval, officers may file amendatory reports after viewing body-worn camera recordings. Supplemental reports under this provision shall also contain documentation regarding access to the video footage. (B) The recording officer's assigned field training officer may access and review recordings for training purposes. Any detective or investigator directly involved in the investigation of a matter may access and review recordings which pertain to that investigation but may not have access to delete or alter such recordings. (7) Recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera vendor used by the agency, on a recording medium for a period of 90 days. (A) Under no circumstances shall any recording, except for a non-law enforcement related activity or encounter, made with an officer-worn body camera be altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration of the 90-day storage period. In the event any recording made with an officer-worn body camera is altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration of the 90-day storage period, the law enforcement agency shall maintain, for a period of one year, a written record including (i) the name of the individual who made such alteration, erasure, or destruction, and (ii) the reason for any such alteration, erasure, or destruction. (B) Following the 90-day storage period, any and all recordings made with an officer-worn body camera must be destroyed, unless any encounter captured on the recording has been flagged. An encounter is deemed to be flagged when: (i) a formal or informal complaint has been filed; (ii) the officer discharged his or her firearm or used force during the encounter; (iii) death or great bodily harm occurred to any person in the recording; (iv) the encounter resulted in a detention or an arrest, excluding traffic stops which resulted in only a minor traffic offense or business offense; (v) the officer is the subject of an internal investigation or otherwise being investigated for possible misconduct; (vi) the supervisor of the officer, prosecutor, defendant, or court determines that the encounter has evidentiary value in a criminal prosecution; or (vii) the recording officer requests that the video be flagged for official purposes related to his or her official duties or believes it may have evidentiary value in a criminal prosecution. (C) Under no circumstances shall any recording made with an officer-worn body camera relating to a flagged encounter be altered or destroyed prior to 2 years after the recording was flagged. If the flagged recording was used in a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, the recording shall not be destroyed except upon a final disposition and order from the court. (D) Nothing in this Act prohibits law enforcement agencies from labeling officer-worn body camera video within the recording medium; provided that the labeling does not alter the actual recording of the incident captured on the officer-worn body camera. The labels, titles, and tags shall not be construed as altering the officer-worn body camera video in any way. (8) Following the 90-day storage period, recordings may be retained if a supervisor at the law enforcement agency designates the recording for training purposes. If the recording is designated for training purposes, the recordings may be viewed by officers, in the presence of a supervisor or training instructor, for the purposes of instruction, training, or ensuring compliance with agency policies. (9) Recordings shall not be used to discipline law enforcement officers unless: (A) a formal or informal complaint of misconduct has been made; (B) a use of force incident has occurred; (C) the encounter on the recording could result in a formal investigation under the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act; or (D) as corroboration of other evidence of misconduct. Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to limit or prohibit a law enforcement officer from being subject to an action that does not amount to discipline. (10) The law enforcement agency shall ensure proper care and maintenance of officer-worn body cameras. Upon becoming aware, officers must as soon as practical document and notify the appropriate supervisor of any technical difficulties, failures, or problems with the officer-worn body camera or associated equipment. Upon receiving notice, the appropriate supervisor shall make every reasonable effort to correct and repair any of the officer-worn body camera equipment. (11) No officer may hinder or prohibit any person, not a law enforcement officer, from recording a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duties in a public place or when the officer has no reasonable expectation of privacy. The law enforcement agency's written policy shall indicate the potential criminal penalties, as well as any departmental discipline, which may result from unlawful confiscation or destruction of the recording medium of a person who is not a law enforcement officer. However, an officer may take reasonable action to maintain safety and control, secure crime scenes and accident sites, protect the integrity and confidentiality of investigations, and protect the public safety and order. (b) Recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body camera are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, except that: (1) if the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of privacy, at the time of the recording, any recording which is flagged, due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act if: (A) the subject of the encounter captured on the recording is a victim or witness; and (B) the law enforcement agency obtains written permission of the subject or the subject's legal representative; (2) except as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), any recording which is flagged due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act; and (3) upon request, the law enforcement agency shall disclose, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, the recording to the subject of the encounter captured on the recording or to the subject's attorney, or the officer or his or her legal representative. For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), the subject of the encounter does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy if the subject was arrested as a result of the encounter. For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), "witness" does not include a person who is a victim or who was arrested as a result of the encounter. Only recordings or portions of recordings responsive to the request shall be available for inspection or reproduction. Any recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act shall be redacted to remove identification of any person that appears on the recording and is not the officer, a subject of the encounter, or directly involved in the encounter. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall require the disclosure of any recording or portion of any recording which would be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. (c) Nothing in this Section shall limit access to a camera recording for the purposes of complying with Supreme Court rules or the rules of evidence.

Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board 500 S. 9th. Street Springfield, IL 62701

Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board 500 S. 9th. Street Springfield, IL 62701

All application materials can be obtained from our website. All purchase & installation, receipts & proof of payment documents must be received by the deadline listed on our website and executed agreement.

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10/1/2023

FY 2019 : $2,487,100
FY 2020 : $1,211,400
FY 2023 : $33,000,000
FY 2024 : $33,000,000