2023 Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 84A. Body-Worn Cameras for Law-Enforcement Officers
§ 8402A. Body-worn camera requirements.
(a) In accordance with the regulations established in §§ 8404, 4321, and 9003 of this title, a police officer, a probation and parole officer of the Department of Correction assigned to a law-enforcement task force, and an employee of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families designated as a special investigator or serious juvenile offender officer shall wear a body-worn camera while on duty in a role that is likely to result in interactions with the public.
(b) A police officer, a probation and parole officer of the Department of Correction assigned to a law-enforcement task force, and an employee of Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families designated as a special investigator or serious juvenile offender officer required to wear a body-worn camera under subsection (a) of this section shall use the body-worn camera to record interactions with the public while on duty in accordance with the regulations established in §§ 8404, 4321, and 9003 of this title.
(c) The Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Technology, Department of Justice, and Office of Defense Services shall work to implement a statewide body-worn camera program as funding is made available to procure body-worn cameras for law-enforcement officers where necessary, to establish a central data storage program to house body-worn camera footage, and to provide adequate personnel to administer the program.
83 Del. Laws, c. 83, § 3;