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Body-camera retention and discovery bill draws concern over deadlines, privacy and law-enforcement incentives
Summary
House Bill 146 would require faster release and longer retention in some violation-level cases for body-worn camera recordings; prosecutors and some law-enforcement representatives told the committee the measure could create perverse incentives and conflict with existing RSA 105-D:2 retention/privacy rules.
Representative Mark Prue introduced House Bill 146 as a bill aimed at lengthening retention and requiring quicker disclosure of body-worn camera recordings in violation cases. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve access to recording evidence in routine violation matters.
Testimony from prosecutors and law-enforcement officials urged caution. Assistant Merrimack County Attorney Steven Anderson said New Hampshire's existing body-worn-camera statute (RSA 105-D:2) already governs…
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