,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eece  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,omnibus ,crime   
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh to authorize the ,attorney        
,general to provide grants to ,states   
and units of local government for the   
video recording of custodial            
interrogations4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,custodial     
,interrogation ,recording ,act4  #b4    
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,according to the ,national      
,conference of ,commissioners on        
,uniform ,state ,laws1 research has     
demonstrated that video recording of    
custodial interrogations furthers three 
important civic values3 truth-finding1  
efficient and fair administration of    
justice1 and protection of              
constitutional guarantees4 ,see ,richard

 ,a4 ,leo1 ,police ,interrogation and   
,american ,justice #bif-cje 7#bjjh72    
,thomas ,p4 ,sullivan1 ,recording       
,federal ,custodial ,interviews1 #de    
,am4 ,crim4 ,l4 ,rev4 #abig 7#bjjh74    
7#b7 ,video recording of the entire     
process of custodial interrogation has  
proven to be a major advance in law     
enforcement1 improving the ability to   
solve crimes and prove cases while      
lowering the overall costs of           
investigation and litigation4  7#c7     
,video recording of custodial           
interrogations promotes truth-finding in
 several ways1 including by reducing the
 incentive to fabricate1 compensating   
for faulty or unreliable recollections  
of witnesses1 deterring problematic     
interrogation methods1 filtering out    
weak cases1 and enhancing the ability of
 finders of fact to assess witness      
credibility and veracity4  7#d7 ,video  
recording of custodial interrogations   
promotes efficiency in the              
administration of the criminal justice  

system by reducing the number of        
frivolous suppression motions1 improving
 the quality of police investigations1  
improving the quality of review and case
 screening by prosecutors1 and reducing 
the likelihood of hung juries4  7#e7    
,video recording of custodial           
interrogations safeguards constitutional
 rights and values by making it easier  
for courts to adjudicate motions to     
suppress1 by making it easier for       
prosecutors to preserve and disclose    
material exculpatory evidence required  
under the ,supreme ,court decision in   
,brady v4 ,maryland1 #cgc ,u4,s4 #hc    
7#aifc71 by making it easier for        
superiors to train police officers in   
how to comply with constitutional       
mandates and for the press1 and by      
making it easier for the press1 the     
judiciary1 prosecutors1 independent     
watchdog groups1 and police             
administrators to identify and correct  
misuses of power by law enforcement4    
7#f7 ,video recordings of custodial     

interrogations make it easier to        
identify and avoid biases1 which would  
otherwise be difficult to detect and    
correct because such biases are often   
unconscious1 thus operating outside     
police awareness4  7#g7 ,video          
recordings of custodial interrogations  
help to improve public confidence in the
 fairness and professionalism of        
policing1 which in a democracy not only 
is a good in itself but also a proven   
means of reducing crime and enhancing   
citizen cooperation in solving crimes4  
7#h7 ,video recording of the entire     
process of custodial interrogation is   
likely to be a major boon to law        
enforcement1 improving its ability to   
prove its cases while lowering overall  
costs of investigation and litigation4  
,such recording will also1 however1     
improve systemic accuracy1 fairness to  
the accused and the ,state alike1       
protection of constitutional rights1 and
 public confidence in the justice       
system4  #c4 ,amendment ,title ,i of the

 ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe     
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgaa7 is amended--  7#a7 in section    
#ajja7;a71 by adding at the end the     
following3  7#bg7 ,there are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part    
,,ll such sums as may be necessary for  
each of the first #e fiscal years       
beginning after the date of the         
enactment of such part4  2 and  7#b7 by 
adding at the end the following3  ,,ll  
,,custodial ,,interrogation ,,video     
,,recording ,,grants  #cjba4 ,custodial 
interrogation video recording grants    
7a7 ,grant program ,the ,attorney       
,general shall make grants to ,states   
and units of local government to take   
whatever steps the ,attorney ,general   
determines to be necessary to achieve   
the complete and accurate recording1 by 
both audio and video means1 of every    
custodial interrogation occurring within
 the ,state or unit of local government4
  7b7 ,matching requirement ,the portion
 of the costs of a program funded by a  

grant under this section may not exceed 
#ge percent4  7c7 ,definition of        
custodial interrogation ,in this        
section1 the term custodial             
interrogation means questioning or other
 conduct by a law enforcement officer   
which is reasonably likely to elicit an 
incriminating response from an          
individual and occurs when reasonable   
individuals in the same circumstances   
would consider themselves in custody4  4