Senate File 525 - Reprinted SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1324) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to developing policies for electronically 2 recording an interrogation of a person suspected of a crime. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 SF 525 5 jm/cc/26 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF INTERROGATIONS == MODEL 1 2 POLICY == ANALYSIS AND REPORT. 1 3 1. It is the intent of the general assembly that all law 1 4 enforcement agencies in the state adopt a policy requiring 1 5 peace officers to electronically record, when feasible, all 1 6 custodial interrogations. 1 7 2. The department of public safety shall develop a model 1 8 custodial interrogation electronic recording policy, and make 1 9 the model policy available to other state and local law 1 10 enforcement agencies throughout the state. The department 1 11 shall assist other state and local law enforcement agencies in 1 12 developing substantially similar policies and shall monitor 1 13 the adoption and implementation of such policies. 1 14 3. The department of public safety shall conduct an 1 15 analysis of the policies adopted and implemented and shall 1 16 file a report detailing the department's analysis with the 1 17 general assembly by January 15, 2008. In conducting the 1 18 analysis the department shall consult with representatives of 1 19 the following agencies or organizations: the American civil 1 20 liberties union of Iowa, the Iowa police executive forum, the 1 21 Iowa association of chiefs of police and peace officers, the 1 22 Iowa state police association, the Iowa county attorneys 1 23 association, the Iowa state sheriffs' and deputies' 1 24 association, the department of justice, the state public 1 25 defender, the department of natural resources, the Iowa law 1 26 enforcement academy, the Iowa league of cities, the Iowa state 1 27 association of counties, and other interested agencies or 1 28 organizations. 1 29 SF 525 1 30 jm/cc/26