Grants to municipalities for purchase of body-worn recording equipment, digital data storage devices or services and dashboard cameras with a remote recorder.

(b) Any municipality may apply for a grant-in-aid pursuant to this section to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on such form and in such manner as prescribed by the secretary, who may further prescribe additional technical or procurement requirements as a condition of receiving such grant-in-aid. (c) The Office of Policy and Management shall distribute grants-in-aid pursuant to this section during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, to June 30, 2025, inclusive. Any such grant-in-aid shall be for up to fifty per cent of the cost of such purchase of body-worn recording equipment, digital data storage devices or services or dashboard cameras with a remote recorder if the municipality is a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p , or up to thirty per cent of the cost of such purchase if the municipality is not a distressed municipality, provided the costs of such digital data storage services covered by a grant-in-aid shall not be for a period of service that is longer than one year. (d) For the purposes of this section, (1) “body-worn recording equipment” means an electronic recording device that is capable of recording audio and video; (2) “dashboard camera with a remote recorder” means a camera that affixes to a dashboard or windshield of a police vehicle that electronically records video of the view through the vehicle's windshield and has an electronic audio recorder that may be operated remotely; and (3) “digital data storage device or service” means a device or service that retains the data from the recordings made by body-worn recording equipment using computer data storage.