CHAPTER 677

S.P. 286 - L.D. 891

An Act To Require Law Enforcement Agencies To Adopt

Policies Concerning Recording and Preservation of Interviews

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2803-B, sub-§1, ¶H, as amended by PL 2003, c. 370, §1, is further amended to read:

H. Criminal conduct engaged in by law enforcement officers; and

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2803-B, sub-§1, ¶I, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 370, §2, is amended to read:

I. Death investigations, including at a minimum the protocol of the Department of the Attorney General regarding such investigations.; and

Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2803-B, sub-§1, ¶J is enacted to read:

J.__Digital, electronic, audio, video or other recording of law enforcement interviews of suspects in serious crimes and the preservation of investigative notes and records in such cases.

Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2803-B, sub-§§2 and 3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 370, §3, are further amended to read:

2. Minimum policy standards. The board shall establish minimum standards for each law enforcement policy no later than June 1, 1995, except that policies for expanded requirements for