Mississippi HB408 requires cities and counties to provide police officers and deputy sheriffs with body-worn cameras.
Mississippi HB408 mandates that municipal police officers and county deputy sheriffs wear body-worn cameras while on patrol. The bill defines body-worn cameras as devices that electronically record audio and video of officers' activities. It also requires governing authorities of municipalities to provide these cameras to police officers. Additionally, county boards of supervisors must include allocations for body-worn cameras in the annual budgets for sheriffs' offices. Failure to wear a body-worn camera while on patrol results in a misdemeanor charge, punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
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