Police must let paramedics ask to blur patients in body camera footage
Every law enforcement agency with a body camera policy must add a way for emergency medical personnel to ask, before any public release, that recordings of patients being treated be redacted, for example by blurring or muting. Agencies keep an unredacted copy.
Who it affects
Law enforcement agencies, emergency medical personnel and patients
When
July 1, 2027 is a deadline set in the law.
- : Signed into law
- : Law takes effect
- : Deadline: Police agencies must add a patient redaction procedure to body camera policies
Official text
California SB 691: Body-worn cameras: policies.
On California Legislative Information. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.
Not legal advice. Plain-English summaries to help you find what changes and when. Not legal advice: read the official text, and ask a lawyer about your situation.