,i  #aac? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #eece  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #ah1 #bjad  
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduc$ ! foll[+   
bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! 
,judici>y  ,a ,,bill  ,to am5d !        
,omnibus ,crime ,control & ,safe ,/reets
 ,act ( #aifh to au?orize ! ,attorney   
,g5]al to provide grants to ,/ates &    
units ( local gov]nm5t = ! video record+
 ( cu/odial int]rogations4  #a4 ,%ort   
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !         
,cu/odial ,int]rogation ,record+ ,act4  
#b4 ,f9d+s ,congress f9ds ! foll[+3     
7#a7 ,accord+ to ! ,national ,conf]5ce (
 ,commission]s on ,uni=m ,/ate ,laws1   
rese>* has demon/rat$ t video record+ ( 
cu/odial int]rogations fur!rs ?ree      
important civic values3 tru?-f9d+1      
effici5t & fair adm9i/ration ( ju/ice1 &
 protection ( con/itutional gu>antees4  
,see ,ri*>d ,a4 ,leo1 ,police           
,int]rogation & ,am]ican ,ju/ice        
#bif-cje 7#bjjh72 ,?omas ,p4 ,sullivan1 
,record+ ,f$]al ,cu/odial ,int]views1   

#de ,am4 ,crim4 ,l4 ,rev4 #abig 7#bjjh74
  7#b7 ,video record+ ( ! entire process
 ( cu/odial int]rogation has prov5 to be
 a major advance 9 law en=cem5t1 improv+
 ! ability to solve crimes & prove cases
 :ile l[]+ ! ov]all co/s ( inve/igation 
& litigation4  7#c7 ,video record+ (    
cu/odial int]rogations promotes         
tru?-f9d+ 9 sev]al ways1 includ+ by     
r$uc+ ! inc5tive to fabricate1 comp5sat+
 = faulty or unreliable recollections ( 
witnesses1 det]r+ problematic           
int]rogation me?ods1 filt]+ out weak    
cases1 & enhanc+ ! ability ( f9d]s (    
fact to assess witness cr$ibility &     
v]acity4  7#d7 ,video record+ ( cu/odial
 int]rogations promotes effici5cy 9 !   
adm9i/ration ( ! crim9al ju/ice sy/em by
 r$uc+ ! numb] ( frivol\s suppression   
motions1 improv+ ! quality ( police     
inve/igations1 improv+ ! quality (      
review & case scre5+ by prosecutors1 &  
r$uc+ ! likelihood ( hung juries4  7#e7 
,video record+ ( cu/odial int]rogations 
safegu>ds con/itutional rights & values 

by mak+ x easi] = c\rts to adjudicate   
motions to suppress1 by mak+ x easi] =  
prosecutors to pres]ve & disclose       
mat]ial exculpatory evid5ce requir$ "u !
 ,supreme ,c\rt decision 9 ,brady v4    
,m>yl&1 #cgc ,u4,s4 #hc 7#aifc71 by mak+
 x easi] = sup]iors to tra9 police      
(fic]s 9 h[ to comply ) con/itutional   
m&ates & = ! press1 & by mak+ x easi] = 
! press1 ! judici>y1 prosecutors1       
indep5d5t wat*dog gr\ps1 & police       
adm9i/rators to id5tify & correct       
misuses ( p[] by law en=cem5t4  7#f7    
,video record+s ( cu/odial int]rogations
 make x easi] to id5tify & avoid biases1
 :i* w\ld o!rwise be difficult to detect
 & correct because su* biases are (t5   
unconsci\s1 ?us op]at+ outside police   
aw>5ess4  7#g7 ,video record+s (        
cu/odial int]rogations help to improve  
public confid5ce 9 ! fairness &         
pr(essionalism ( polic+1 :i* 9 a        
democracy n only is a good 9 itself b   
also a prov5 means ( r$uc+ crime &      
enhanc+ citiz5 coop]ation 9 solv+       

crimes4  7#h7 ,video record+ ( ! entire 
process ( cu/odial int]rogation is      
likely to be a major boon to law        
en=cem5t1 improv+ its ability to prove  
its cases :ile l[]+ ov]all co/s (       
inve/igation & litigation4 ,su* record+ 
w also1 h[ev]1 improve sy/emic accuracy1
 fairness to ! accus$ & ! ,/ate alike1  
protection ( con/itutional rights1 &    
public confid5ce 9 ! ju/ice sy/em4  #c4 
,am5dm5t ,title ,i ( ! ,omnibus ,crime  
,control & ,safe ,/reets ,act ( #aifh   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgaa7 is am5d$--  7#a7 9
 section #ajja7;a71 by add+ at ! end !  
foll[+3  7#bg7 ,!re are au?oriz$ to be  
appropriat$ to c>ry out "p ,,ll su* sums
 z may be necess>y = ea* ( ! fir/ #e    
fiscal ye>s beg9n+ aft] ! date ( !      
enactm5t ( su* "p4  2 &  7#b7 by add+ at
 ! end ! foll[+3  ,,ll ,,cu/odial       
,,int]rogation ,,video ,,record+        
,,grants  #cjba4 ,cu/odial int]rogation 
video record+ grants  7a7 ,grant program
 ,! ,attorney ,g5]al %all make grants to
 ,/ates & units ( local gov]nm5t to take

 :atev] /eps ! ,attorney ,g5]al det]m9es
 to be necess>y to a*ieve ! complete &  
accurate record+1 by bo? audio & video  
means1 ( e cu/odial int]rogation occurr+
 )9 ! ,/ate or unit ( local gov]nm5t4   
7b7 ,mat*+ requirem5t ,! portion ( !    
co/s ( a program fund$ by a grant "u ?is
 section may n exce$ #ge p]c5t4  7c7    
,def9ition ( cu/odial int]rogation ,9   
?is section1 ! t]m cu/odial int]rogation
 means que/ion+ or o!r conduct by a law 
en=cem5t (fic] :i* is reasonably likely 
to elicit an incrim9at+ response f an   
individual & occurs :5 reasonable       
individuals 9 ! same circum/ances w\ld  
consid] !mselves 9 cu/ody4  4