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Committee advances one-year body-camera pilot for Trousdale Turner correctional officers
Summary
A bill creating a one-year pilot to equip Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility officers with body-worn cameras moved to full committee after sponsors said cameras would aid prosecutions and enhance safety.
Representative introduced House Bill 17 18 to create a one-year pilot program at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility that would require correctional officers to wear body-worn cameras. The sponsor said the proposal aims to enhance safety for both inmates and staff and to provide footage that can clarify events for prosecutors.
The sponsor cited testimony given earlier to the senate correction subcommittee where the Trousdale district attorney discussed difficulties prosecuting violent incidents captured only by stationary cameras. "If the officer were to have had a body camera, this would have given the D.A. a better point of view as to what happened," the sponsor said, summarizing that the bill would reduce "he said, she said" ambiguities.
Committee members asked procedural questions and then voted to send the bill to full committee; the clerk recorded 6 ayes and 0 noes.
