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Police od WornCamera :

APolic corecard
UpdatedAugu t2016

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2016TheLeader hipConferenceonCivilandHumanRight &Upturn.
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Polic corecard

Department
:DOJfunded
Al uquerque
Aurora
Au tin
altimore
altimoreCount
atonRouge
o ton
Charlotte-Mecklen urg
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dalla
Denver
Detroit
FairfaxCount
Fa etteville
Fergu on
FortWorth
Fre no
Hou ton
La Vega
Loui ville
Lo Angele
Memphi
Me a
Miami
Miami-Dade
Milwaukee
Minneapoli
Montgomer Count
NewOrlean

Polic
Availa le

O cer
Di cretion

Per onal
Privac

O cer
Review

Footage
Retention

Footage
Mi u e

Footage
Acce

iometric
U e

NewYork
Oakland
OklahomaCit
Omaha
Parker,CO
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pitt

urgh

Roche ter
altLakeCit
anAntonio
anDiego
anFranci co
anJo e
eattle
t.Loui
Tampa
Tuc on
Wa hington,DC

Purpo e
Inthewakeofhigh-pro leincident inFergu on, tatenI land,NorthCharle ton, altimore,
andel ewhere,lawenforcementagencie acro thecountr arerapidl adopting od worncamera fortheiro cer .Oneofthemain ellingpoint forthe ecamera i their
potentialtoprovidetran parenc into omepoliceinteraction ,andtohelpprotectcivil
right ,e peciall inheavil policedcommunitie ofcolor.
utaccounta ilit i notautomatic.Whetherthe ecamera makepolicemoreaccounta le
or impl inten if police urveillanceofcommunitie depend onhowthecamera
andfootageareu ed.That wh TheLeader hipConference,togetherwitha road
coalitionofcivilright ,privac ,andmediaright group ,developed haredCivilRight
Principle on od WornCamera .Ourprinciple empha izethat[w]ithoutcarefull
craftedpolic afeguard inplace,therei arealri kthatthe enewdevice could ecome
in trument ofinju tice,ratherthantool foraccounta ilit .
Thi corecardevaluate the od -worncamerapolicie currentl inplaceinmajorpolice
department acro thecountr .Ourgoali tohighlightpromi ingapproache that ome
department aretaking,andtoidentif opportunitie wheredepartment couldimprove
theirpolicie .

Methodolog
Whenweinitiall relea edour corecardinNovem er2015,weexaminedthe od -worn
camerapolicie from25localpolicedepartment . incethen,weveexpandedour
corecardto50department ,coveringallmajorcit policedepartment inthecountr that
haveequippedorwill oonequiptheiro cer with od camera .Weal oadded
department thathavereceivedmorethan$500,000inDOJgrantfundingto upporttheir
cameraprogram (a indicated onthe corecard).Inaddition,weincluded aton
Rouge(LA)andFergu on(MO) ecau eofthenationalattentionthe havereceivedafter
recentevent ,andParker(CO) ecau eofthepromi ingpolicie the haveadopted..
Thepolic land capei hiftingrapidl : inceourinitialrelea e,man department have
alread updatedtheirpolicie a edontheirearl experience ,andother havelaunched
new od cameraprogram andpolicie .Ouranal i i currenta ofthela tupdated
dateoneachindividualdepartment corecard.A we ecomeawareofnewdeplo ment
andpolic change ,wewilldoour e ttoupdateour corecardanal i .If ou eean thing
thatlook outofdate,plea eletu know.

valuationCriteria
Weevaluatedeachdepartmentpolic oneightcriteria,derivedfromourCivilRight
Principle on od WornCamera .We elievethatthe eareamongthemo timportant
factor indeterminingwhethertheproperpolic afeguard areinplacetoprotectthecivil
right ofrecordedindividual .
Foreachfactor,we coreddepartmentpolicie onathreelevel cale.Weawardedapolic a
greencheck onl ifitfull ati e ourcriteriathe earethepolicie thatother
department houldcon ideremulatingifthe arelookingtoimprovetheirown.A ellow
circle mean thatapolic partiall ati e ourcriteria,andthatthedepartmentha
roomforimprovement.Aredex indicate thatapolic eitherdoe notaddre thei ue,
orapolic run directl again tourprinciple .Inca e wherethedepartmentha notmade
it polic pu lic,weu eaque tionmark a aplaceholderforfuturereview.
Oureightcriteriaexaminewhetheradepartment:
Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le

Thedepartmentpu li he themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionofit polic onit


we ite,inalocationthati ea formem er ofthepu licto nd.
Thepolic po tedonthedepartment we
mem er ofthepu licto nd.

iteeitheri outdated,ori di cultfor

Thedepartment' polic i notavaila leonit we

ite.

Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord


Thepolic clearl de cri e wheno cer mu trecord,andrequire o cer toprovide
concreteju ti cation forfailingtorecordrequiredevent .
Thepolic clearl de cri e wheno cer mu trecord, utdoe notrequireo cer to
provideconcreteju ti cation forfailingtorecordrequiredevent .
Thepolic doe notclearl de cri ewheno cer mu trecord.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Thepolic peci call protect categorie ofvulnera leindividual (e.g.,victim of ex
crime )from eingrecordedwithouttheirinformedcon ent.
Thepolic mention theimportanceofper onalprivac , uteithero er vague
guidanceonwhennottorecord,ordoe notrequireinformedcon entfromvulnera le
individual .
Thepolic doe notaddre

per onalprivac concern .

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Thepolic require o cer to leaninitialwrittenreportor tatement eforerelevant
footagei reviewed,forallincident .
Thepolic require o cer to leaninitialwrittenreportor tatement eforerelevant
footagei reviewed,for omeincident .
Thepolic allow orevenencourage o cer toviewrelevantfootage efore ling
aninitialwrittenreportor tatement.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic require thedepartmenttodeleteun aggedfootagewithin ixmonth .
Thepolic require thedepartmenttodeleteun aggedfootage utaftermorethan
ixmonth .
Thepolic doe notrequirethedepartmenttodeleteun aggedfootage,orweare
una letodeterminewhethertheun aggedfootagemu t edeleted.
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Thepolic expre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce
indicate thatallacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.

,and

Thepolic expre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce , ut


doe notindicatethatallacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.
Thepolic doe notexpre

l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic expre l allow individual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint to
viewallrelevantfootage.
Thepolic expre l allow individual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint to
view omerelevantfootage.

Thepolic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct


complaint toviewrelevantfootage.
Limit theU eof iometricTechnologie
Thepolic harpl limit theu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)to
identif individual infootage.
Thepolic place omelimit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)toidentif individual infootage.
Thepolic place nolimit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)
toidentif individual infootage.
Ofcour e,adepartment polic i onl a gooda howiti putintopractice.Department
mu ten urethattheir tatedpolicie arefollowedand,whendepartmentper onnelviolate
tho epolicie ,thattheappropriatedi ciplinar mea ure aretaken.

Finding
Department aremovingquickl todeplo od -worncamera ,andareexperimentingwith
awiderangeofpolicie acro eachofthedimen ion weexamined.Department thathave
a trongpolic inoneareaoftenfalterinanotherever departmentha roomtoimprove.
Atthe ametime,weareplea edto ndexample of trongpolic languagecurrentl inu e
fornearl allofourcriteria.Thepo itivepolic languagehighlightedonthi ite hould
ervea amodeltodepartment lookingtoimprovetheirpolicie .
Wefoundthat:
A ofAugu t2016,ofthe68majorcit department intheU. .,42nowhave od
worncameraprogram withpolicie inplace.Threeadditionalmajordepartment appear
tohavecamera ontheground, uthavenotrelea edtheirpolicie tothepu licin
Aurora,DetroitandPitt urgh.
venwhendepartment havepolicie inplace,nearl half(24of46)dontmakethem
ea il andpu licl availa leontheirdepartmentwe ite ,whichhinder ro u tpu lic
de atea outhow od camera hould eu ed.Man ofthepolicie weanal zedwere
foundexternall onotherwe ite .
Increa ingl ,department aree ta li hingexplicitprocedure thatallowrecorded
individual liketho e eekingto leapolicemi conductcomplainttoviewthe
footageoftheirownincident .Fourdepartment weanal zedinCincinnati,Chicago,
Parker(CO)andWa hingtonDCnowappeartoprovide pecialacce torecorded
individual .The e pecialacce right ,tailored peci call for od camerafootage,
exi talong ide tate-levelpu licrecord law .
Noneofthedepartmentpolicie weanal zedhavea lanketlimitationono cerreview
offootage efore linganinitialwrittenincidentreport.However, ixdepartment
policie havepartialprohi ition inplace,forcertaincriticalincident likeo cer
hooting .
Duetoconcern fromcivilright group a outtheincrea edpotentialfor urveillance,
leadingdepartment have eguntoincludelimit ontheiru eof iometrictechnologie ,
likefacialrecognition,togetherwithcamerafootage.Inourinitialrelea e,onl
altimore polic addre edfacialrecognition. incethen, altimoreCount , o ton,
Cincinnati,Montgomer Count ,andParker(CO)haveallfollowed uit.

Nota lePolic Provi ion


xampleProvi ion thatProtectCivilRight

Whileno ingledepartment ati edallofourcriteria,man department haveadopted


trongpolicie inoneormoreindividualcriterion. elow,wehighlighttheleadingexample
wevefoundfromacro thecountr ,andwehopethatdepartment lookingto trengthen
civilright protection intheir od camerapolicie willemulatethe eexample .

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Thedepartmentpu li he themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionofit polic on
it we ite,inalocationthati ea formem er ofthepu licto nd.

anFranci coPDha awe pagededicatedtothedevelopmentofit WC


polic ,whichprovide detail a outthedepartment iweekl WCworking
groupmeeting .Thegrouppu li he thelate titerationofthedraftpolic
foreachmeeting.

Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord


Thepolic clearl de cri e wheno cer mu trecord,andrequire o cer to
provideconcreteju ti cation forfailingtorecordrequiredevent .

ChicagoPDprovide o cer withaclearli tof ituation thatmu t e


recorded.(V. )
.Departmentmem er a
1.willactivatethe
incidentforall:

igneda WC:

temtoeventmodetorecordtheentire

a.routinecall for ervice;


.inve tigator top ;
c.tra c top ;
d.tra ccontrol;
e.footandvehiclepur uit ;
f.emergenc driving ituation ;
g.emergenc vehiclere pon e toin-progre orju t-occurred
di patche where eeing u pect orvehicle ma e
capturedonvideoleavingthecrime cene;
h.high-ri k ituation ,including earchwarrant ;
i. ituation thatma enhancethepro a ilit ofevidence- a ed
pro ecution;
j. ituation thatthemem er,throughtrainingandexperience,
elieve to erveaproperpolicepurpo e,forexample,
recordingtheproce ingofanuncooperativearre tee;
k.an encounterwiththepu licthat ecome adver arialafter
theinitialcontact;and
l.an otherin tancewhenenforcingthelaw.
NOT :Departmentmem er re pondinga a
the WCforallofthea ove-li tedincident .

i tunit willactivate

ChicagoPDallow o cer toturno theircamera whenfurtherrecording


oftheincidentwillnot erveaproperpolicepurpo e.O cer mu t tate
therea onfordeactivationoncamera eforeturningito .Ifano cerfail
torecordarequiredevent,theo cermu tju tif thi failureoncameraafter
thefact.(V.G)
G.Duringtherecordingofanincident,Departmentmem er willnot
di engagethe WCuntiltheentireincidentha eenrecordedor
whenfurtherrecordingoftheincidentwillnot erveaproperpolice
purpo e.Intheeventofanarre t,theincidenti concludedwhenthe
u jecti tran portedtothedi trict tation.
Departmentmem er will:
1.ver all tatetheju ti cationofan di engagement,including
reque t fromtheindividual li tedinitemV- -2ofthedirective,
ofthe WC
tempriortotheentireincident eingrecorded
eforedi engagingthe WC,unle impracticalorimpo i le.
2.inin tance whentheDepartmentmem erfailedtorecordan
eventli tedinitemV- 1ofthi directive,documenttheevent
initiatingthe WCtoevenmodeand tatethe:
a.t peofincident;
.eventnum er;and
c.rea onfornotrecordingtheevent.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Thepolic peci call protect categorie ofvulnera leindividual (e.g.,victim of
excrime )from eingrecordedwithouttheirinformedcon ent.

PhiladelphiaPDrequire o cer toturno theircamera uponthereque tof


acrimevictim,andincertain en itivelocationandcircum tance (4- ,4C,7-F)
4- ....[O] cer halldeactivatea od -WornCamerapriortothe
conclu ionofanincidentoreventunderthefollowingcircum tance
1.Priortoenteringthere idenceofan individual,unle prior
con enti providedandrecordedwiththe od -WornCamera,
2.Whenreque ted acrimevictim,witne orinformant,
3.Whentherecordingwouldcapturegrue omeimage ,per on
nudeorwhen en itivehumanarea areexpo edandtherei no
legitimatelawenforcementneedtocapturetheimage ,
4.Whenenteringareligiou in titution,during ervice ,and
5.Whenenteringaho pitalroomorprivatepatientareaina
ho pital.
4-C.PROHI IT DR CORDING
1. od -WornCamera hallnot eu edoractivatedto:
...
.Inplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t
(i.e.,lockerroom ,dre ingroom orre troom ),
c.Torecordconver ation withcon dentialinformant and
undercovero cer ,
d.Duringan trip earche ,...
7-F.Priortoenteringthere idenceofan individual,unle prior
con enti providedandrecordedwiththe od -WornCamera,the
od -WornCamera hall edeactivated.
1.Oncein ideare idence,ifpractical,o cer hallreque t
permi iontorecord.Ifpermi ioni granted,the od -Worn
Camera hall eactivatedandthere identwillagain ea kedfor
con enttorecord.
2.Ifatan timeare identre cind con enttorecordwhileina
re idence,o cer hallimmediatel ora oona practical,
deactivatethe od -WornCamera.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Thepolic require o cer to leaninitialwrittenreportor tatement efore
relevantfootagei reviewed,forallincident .
Thepolic require o cer to leaninitialwrittenreportor tatement efore
relevantfootagei reviewed,for omeincident .

Whilewearenotfull ati edwithan department polic inthi categor ,Oakland


provide anexamplethatwe elieve hould eappliedtoallfootageandinall ituation .

OaklandPDrequire o cer to leaninitialwritten tatement efore


relevantfootagei reviewed,for omecriticalincident ,likewheno cer
u eforcethatre ult indeathor eriou odil injur .OaklandPDin titute
atwo- tepproce .Fir t, eforeviewingthefootage,theinvolvedo cer
mu t u mitaninitialreporttotheinve tigator. econd,oncetheinitial
reporti approved,theo cerma viewthefootage,and egivenan
opportunit to upplementtheinitialreport(pre uma l ,withaclear
delineationofthepart ofthereportthatwerewritten eforeandafter
footagewa reviewed).(IV.A.2-3)
IV.VI WING[CAM RA]VID OFIL
Viewing[camera]video le i authorized,re trictedorprohi iteda follow ..
.:
A.Level1U eofForce,Level1Pur uitorIn-Cu tod Death
...
2.Noper onnelinvolvedinorawitne totheincidentma viewan
audio/videorecording priorto einginterviewed theappropriate
inve tigativeunitandreceivingcommandapproval.
3.Onceamem er report( )ha een u mittedandapprovedandthe
mem erha eeninterviewed theappropriateinve tigator,the
inve tigatorwill howthemem erhi /heraudio/video.Thi willoccur
priortotheconclu ionoftheinterviewproce [.]
Per onnelwill egiventheopportunit toprovideadditionalinformation
to upplementtheir tatementandma ea kedadditionalque tion
theinve tigator .

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic require thedepartmenttodeleteun aggedfootagewithin ixmonth .

Dalla PDautomaticall delete un aggedfootageafter90da

.(3XX.06. )

.Allvideowill emaintainedforaminimumof90da .Ifthevideoha not een


categorizeda onewhichi to eretaineditwillautomaticall edeletedafter90
da .

La Vega MetropolitanPDdelete un aggedfootageinexactl 45da

Categor Retention chedule


Theretentionperiod egin fromthedatethe WCrecordingwa la eledor
categorized.Unla eledoruncategorizedrecording will eauto-deletedat45
da ....

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Thepolic expre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce
indicate thatallacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.

,and

OmahaPDprohi it thedeletion,alteration,anddownloadoffootage
withoutpriorauthorization.(VII. -D)
. mplo ee hallnotera e,alter,reu e,edit,cop , hare,modif ,ortamperwith
WCrecording withoutpriorwrittenauthorizationandapprovaloftheChiefof
Policeorde ignee.
C.O cer hallnotrecord,download,orotherwi etran fer WCrecording onto
an t peofper onalrecordingdevice ,including utnotlimitedtoper onal
cellularphone ,videorecorder ,ta le ,etc.
D.Topreventdamageto,oralterationof,originalRecordedMedia, uchmedia hall
not ecopied,viewed,orotherwi ein ertedintoan devicenotapproved the
WC
temAdmini trator.

TheOmahaPDpolic al oindicate thatacce torecordedfootagewill e


audited a
temadmini tratorforunauthorizedacce .(IV.D)
D.The WC
temAdmini trator( )willperiodicall audit WCRecordedMediato
makecertainonl authorizedu er areacce ingthedataforlegitimateand
authorizedpurpo e ....

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic expre l allow individual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint
toviewallrelevantfootage.

MetropolitanPoliceDepartmentoftheDi trictofColum iaexpre l allow


arecordedindividualtoreque ttoviewfootage.Thepolic al o,
commenda l ,clearl la outtheproce ofreque tingtoviewrelevant
footage,andi oneofthefewpolicie wehave eenthatdoe o.(V.F)
F.Reque t for WCRecording

u ject

1.The u jectofa WCrecording,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe


u ject parentorlegalguardianifthe u jecti aminor,ma reque tto
cheduleatimetoviewthe WCrecordingatthepolicedi trictwherethe
incidentoccurred.
2.Mem er hall eawarethat u ject ma reque ttoview WCrecording
onlineoratthedi trict tation.
a. u ject ma u mitreque t forrecording online
athttp://mpdc.dc.gov/page/ od -worn-camera-citizen-viewing-proce
or u mittingaReque ttoReview od -WornCameraRecording( ee
AttachmentC).
.Mem er whoreceivereque t toview WCrecording u ject or
theirrepre entative atthedi trict tation hallimmediatel notif their
di trict WCUnitCoordinator,inwriting,andforwardreque t tothe
MPDFOIAO ceatmpd.foia@dc.gov.
3.Thea ignedMPDFOIA peciali t hallconductaprivac reviewofthevideo
anddetermineiftheun-redacted WCrecordingviolate theindividual
privac right ofan other u ject oftherecordingand hallnotif the WC
UnitCoordinatoriftherecordingoraportionoftherecordingi eligi lefor
viewing.
4.Uponnoti cationfromtheFOIAO cethatarecordingi eligi leforviewing,
the WCUnitCoordinator hallreviewtherecordingandcon rmthatthe
viewingoftherecordingwouldnotcompromi ethe afet ofan other
u ject.
5.The WCUnitCoordinator hallnotif the u jectwhethertherecordingi
availa leforviewing.
a.Inca e wheretherecordingi availa le,the WCUnitCoordinator hall
chedulea uita letimeforthe u ject,hi orherlegalrepre entative,
orthe u ject parentorlegalguardiantoviewtherecordingunderthe
followingcondition :
(1)The u ject,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe u ject parent
orlegalguardianifthe u jecti aminor hallprovideavalid
government-i uedphotographicidenti cation[e.g.,adriver
licen e,pa port,greencard(U. .PermanentRe identCard)or
militar identi cation]...
(2)The u ject,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe u ject parent
orlegalguardianmu t ignthePDForm99- (Con enttoView od WornCameraRecording)(AttachmentD)priortoviewingthe
recording.
(3)Theviewingmu toccurinthepre enceofthe WCUnit
Coordinator.
(4)Undernocircum tance hallthe u ject,hi orherlegal
repre entative,orthe u ject parentorlegalguardian:
(a) eallowedtou ean recordingdevicetomakeacop ofthe
WCrecording.
( ) eprovidedacop oftherecording. u ject ,ortheir
repre entative ,ma contacttheFOIAO cetoreque tcopie
oftherecording.
...
3.Notwith tandingtheprovi ion ofthi order:
(1)Acomplainant reque ttoviewa WCrecordingpriortoinitiatingacomplainti
voluntar .Whetherornotthecomplainantchoo e toreque ttoviewthe
recording hallinnowa econ idered MPDifthecomplainantchoo e to
proceedwiththecomplaint....

Limit theU eof iometricTechnologie

Thepolic harpl limit theu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)


toidentif individual infootage.

o tonPD harpl limit theu eoffacialrecognitiontechnologie ,going


evenfurthertomandatethatcamera willnotincludean technological
enhancement .Thi polic i uniqueamongthemajordepartmentpolicie
wevereviewed.(1)
... WC willnotincludetechnologicalenhancement including, utnotlimited
to,facialrecognitionornight-vi ioncapa ilitie .

DepartmentPolicie

Al uquerquePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$250,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 13,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Al uquerquePDpu li he it WCpolic onit we ite,linkedfromthedepartment
GeneralOrder Manual.Order1-39,ontheU eofTape/DigitalRecorder ,applie to od worncamera .WhiletheOrderi datedJanuar 22,2013,itappear to ethedepartment
currentpolic .
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Al uquerquePDrequire o cer torecordcertaincategorie ofcitizencontact.(1-39-1A,1-39-2- )
1-A.Per onnelwillu ei uedtape/digitalrecorder todocumenttheincident li ted elow.
Itwill ethere pon i ilit oftheprimar o certoen urethattheincidentwill erecordedinit entiret .
...
2- .All worndepartmentper onnelwillrecordeachandever contactwithacitizenduringtheir hiftthati the
re ultofadi patchedcallfor ervice,arre twarrant, earchwarrant erviceortra c top..Per onnelwill
activatetherecorderpriortoarrivingatthecallorpriortocitizencontactonnon-di patchedevent (within
the afet parameter of1-39-1 )andwillrecordtheentiret ofcitizencontact....

O cer ma u edi cretionincertainproactive(non-di patched)circum tance ,if


activatingtherecorderput theo cerorother indanger.(1-39-1- )

TheAl uquerquePoliceDepartmentrecognize therearecertaincircum tance whereo cer inaproactive


(non-di patched)capacit ,ma happenupona ituationrequiringimmediateactiontopreventinjur ,
de tructionofevidenceore cape.Inthe et pe of ituation o cer houldactivatetherecorderifdoing o
doe notplacethemorother indanger.Iftheimmediateactivationoftherecorderi notfea i ledueto
immediateri ktothe afet oftheo cerorother ,theo cerwillactivatethecameraatthe r tavaila le
opportunit whentheimmediatethreatha eenaddre ed. upervi or willclo el reviewdocumentationof
uchincident toen ureexigentcircum tance didinfactexi t.
1.Re i tingArre t.
2.Di orderl ConductArre t .
3.Refu ingtoO e anO cerArre t .
4.Fromthe tartofa earchwarrantuntiltheareai ecured(a outlinedin u ection2-16-2 ).
5.Tho econtact wheretherei rea onto elieveacomplaintcouldre ult.
6.Dome ticviolencecall forcourtpurpo e .
7.Allcall involving u pected uicidaland/or uicidalindividual .
8.Whenacitizenrefu e to ignatra ccitation.
9.Wheno cer eekver al/writtenpermi ionto earchare idence, uilding, tructure,orvehicle .
O cer willrecordthroughthedurationofthe earch.
10.Childcu tod di pute .

Al uquerquePDdoe notrequireo cer toprovideconcreteju ti cation whenthe failto


recordrequiredevent .
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Al uquerquePDdoe notaddre

per onalprivac concern .

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Al uquerquePDdoe notaddre ,andthu doe notprohi it,o cerreviewoffootage
efore lingtheirinitialreport .
Limit RetentionofFootage
Al uquerquePD peci e aminimumretentionperiod, utdoe notappeartorequire
footagedeletion.(1-39-2- )
...Therecording will e avedfornole than120da .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Al uquerquePDdoe notexpre

l prohi itfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Al uquerquePDdoe notexpre

l prohi itfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Al uquerquePDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

AuroraPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage

La tupdated:Jul 29,2016.I thi polic nowpu licl availa le?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


InJanuar 2016,AuroraPDreportedl purcha ed427VI VUL 4 od worncamera .While
wefound cantinformationonlinea outtheAuroraPD od cameraprogram,weknow
omeAurorao cer havewornthe ecamera , ecau ethedepartmentrelea ed od
camerafootageinAprilofanincidentwhereano cerwa allegedl dragged a eeing
u pect.
Wehavenot eena letolocateapu liccop oftheAuroraPD od worncamerapolic .

Au tinPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 13,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Au tinPDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onit we iteundera
ectiondedicatedto od worncamera .Thelate tavaila lever ionwa i uedonMa 11,
2016,andwa adoptedonMa 16,2016,althoughthepolic i al oincludedinthefull
Au tinPoliceDepartmentpolic manuali uedonJune19,2016.The WCpolic i Polic
303, tartingonpage126ofthefullmanual.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Au tinPDrequire o cer torecordinawiderangeoflawenforcement ituation ,whichit
la outinthepolic .Thepolic al ogive o cer di cretiontoactivatecamera an time
the elieveit u ewould eappropriateand/orvalua letodocumentanincident.
(303.2.1)
Thi ectioni notintendedtode cri eever po i le ituationwherethe temma eu ed.In ome
circum tance itma notpo i letocaptureimage ofanincidentduetocondition orlocationofthecamera,
howevertheaudioportioncan evalua leevidenceandi u jecttothe ameactivationrequirement .The
WC houldonl eactivatedforlawenforcementpurpo e .
(a)Allunit re pondingtoa cene hallactivatetheirdepartmenti ued WCequipmentwhenthe :
1.Arriveon- cenetoan callfor ervice;or
2.Havedetainedorarre tedaper on;or
3.Areattemptingtodetainorarre taper on;or
4. thenatureofthecallfor ervice,arelikel todetainorarre taper on;or
5.An con en ualcontactinwhichtheo ceroracitizen elieve activationofthe WCwould einthe
e tintere tofthecommunit .
( ) xample ofwhenthedepartmenti ued WC temmu t eactivatedinclude, utarenotlimitedto:
1.Tra c top
2.Footpur uit ,untilcompletionofenforcementaction
3.DWIinve tigation including eld o riet te t
4.Warrant ervice
5.Inve tigator top
6.An contactthat ecome adver arialinanincidentthatwouldnototherwi erequirerecording.

(c)O cer thatarei ueda WCwill erequiredtoutilizethe WCwhenengaginginO -Dut L R


Overtime.
(d)Inadditiontotherequired ituation ,emplo ee ma activatethe teman timethe elieveit u e
would eappropriateand/orvalua letodocumentanincident.

Au tinPDal oprovide detailedrequirement too cer a towhen WCdeactivationi


authorizedandwhen WC
temu ei notrequired.(303.2.2.a-c;303.2.3.a-c)
303.2.2WH ND PARTM NTI
Oncethe WC

U D WC Y T MD ACTIVATIONI AUTHORIZ D

temi activatedit hallremainonuntiltheincidentha concluded.

(a)Forpurpo e ofthi ection,conclu ionofanincidentha occurredwhen:


1.Allarre t have eenmadeandarre tee have eentran ported,and
2.Nofurtherlawenforcementactioni likel tooccur(e.g.,waitingforatowtruckorafamil mem erto
arrive.
( )O cer ma choo etodi continuearecordingcurrentl inprogre foran non-confrontationalencounter
withaper on,includinganinterviewofawitne orvictim.O cer areencouragedtorecordallinterview for
evidentiar purpo e ,howevertheneedforprivac incertaincircum tance andlocation hould etaken
intocon ideration.
Ifacitizenreque t[ ic]thatano certurno their WC,theo cerwillexplainthatAPDPolic require the
camerato eactivatedandrecordinguntiltheconclu ionoftheincidentoruntiltherei nofurtherlaw
enforcementactionnece ar .
303.2.3WH ND PARTM NTI
Activationofthe WC

U D WC Y T MU

I NOTR QUIR D

temi notrequired:

(a)During reakandlunchperiod
( )Whennotin erviceandnotonacall
(c)Whenin ervice, utnotonacall.

O cer mu tarticulatetherea oningfordi continuingrecordingforprivac rea on orfor


dela edactivationoftheir WCduringrequired ituation , ucha theneedtotake
immediateactionwhichma notallowtimetoactivatetheir WC.(303.2.1;303.2.2. )
303.2.2. ....O cer choo ingtodi continuearecordingforprivac mu t ea letoarticulatetheirrea oning
303.2.1.Therema ein tance inwhichano ceri requiredtotakeimmediateactiontoaneventthatoccur
directl infrontofthemwhichma notallowtimetoactivatetheir WC.Intho e ituation ,itma e
impracticalorunrea ona leforemplo ee toactivatetheir WC tem eforetakingpoliceaction.Iti
expectedthatoncetheimmediac ofthe ituationi over,emplo ee willactivatetheir WC temtorecord
theremainderoftheincident.O cer willneedtoarticulatetherea oningforthedela edactivationoftheir
WC.

Thepolic doe notappeartorequireju ti cationforfailuretorecord.


Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Thepolic rie mention theneedforprivac incertaincircum tance andallow
o cer tochoo etodi continuerecordingnon-confrontationalcircum tance including
interview ofvictim .However,thepolic doe noto ero cer peci cguidanceonwhen
nottorecord,anddoe notrequireinformedcon entfroman onetorecord.(303.2.2)
( )O cer ma choo etodi continuearecordingcurrentl inprogre foran non-confrontationalencounter
withaper on,includinganinterviewofawitne orvictim.O cer areencouragedtorecordallinterview for
evidentiar purpo e ,howevertheneedforprivac incertaincircum tance andlocation hould etaken
intocon ideration.O cer choo ingtodi continuearecordingforprivac mu t ea letoarticulatetheir
rea oning.
(c)Ifacitizenreque t[ ic]thatano certurno their WC,theo cerwillexplainthatAPDPolic require the
camerato eactivatedandrecordinguntiltheconclu ionoftheincidentoruntiltherei nofurtherlaw
enforcementactionnece ar .

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing

Au tinPDallow o cer toviewfootage eforecompletingtheirwrittenreport .


(303.4.a. )
Recording ma ereviewed:
...
2. anemplo eetoa i twiththewritingofareport, upplement,ormemorandum.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Au tinPDmandate thatrecording hould ekeptforaminimumof90da , utdoe not
pecif amaximumretentionperiodorrequirethedepartmenttodeletefootage.(303.3.4)
All WCrecording hall eretainedforaminimumof90da orforaperiodoftimethati con i tentwiththe
Cit ofAu tin Record ManagementOrdinance,Chapter2-11,andan applica leCit Record Control
chedule and/orthe tateLocalGovernmentRetention chedule .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Au tinPDexpre

l prohi it emplo ee fromera ingoraltering WCrecording .(303.2)

mplo ee hallnot:
(a) pa orattempttooverridetheequipment.
( ) ra e,alter,ordeletean recordingproduced the[camera].

Au tinPDmention theexi tenceofunauthorizedacce tofootageorcopie ofrecording


andnote thatauthorizedper on ma reviewrecording , utdoe notexpre l prohi it
unauthorizedacce tofootage.(303.3.3;303.5)
303.3.3.Copie ofa WCmediarecordingwill eu edforo cialAPD u ine onl .Thi ma includepu lic
informationreque t aftertherecordingha eenreviewed theDepartmentofLegalAdvi orandapproved
forrelea e thedepartment.Copie of WC
temRecording willnotnormall emadeunle theper on
reque tingthecop i authorizedtoviewtherecordinganddoe nototherwi ehaveacce toviewthe
recordingu ingthe WC tem.Whenacop i made,iti there pon i ilit oftheper onreceivingthecop
tocompl withrecord retentiona outlinedinpolic [ ic].
303.5.a.Recording ma ereviewed:
...
3. authorizedper on forthepurpo eofreviewingevidence.
...
5. authorizedDepartmentper onnelparticipatinginano cialinve tigation, ucha aper onnel
complaint,admini trativeinquir ,oracriminalinve tigation.

Thepolic doe notindicatethatacce

torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Au tinPDdoe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint
toviewfootage,andrefer toapplica lelaw togoverntherelea eofrecording .
(303.5.6)
TheDepartmentwillcompl withallapplica lelaw pertainingtotherelea eof WCrecording .Openrecord
reque t will eproce edthroughthedepartmentcoordinatorincentralrecord .Mediareque t will e
proce edthroughthePu licInformationO ce(PIO).

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Au tinPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

altimorePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 18,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


altimorePDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,the altimore un
o tainedacop ofthepolic andpu li heditonline.Thepolic i datedOcto er26,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
altimorePDrequire o cer torecordallactivitie thatareinve tigativeorenforcement
innature.
Mandator Activation
Unle un afe,impo i le,orimpracticaltodo o,the WC hall eactivated:
1.Attheinitiationofacallfor erviceorotheractivit thati inve tigativeorenforcementinnature.
2.Duringan encounterthat ecome confrontational.
NOT :Ifamem eri una letoactivatethe WCattheinitiationofacallfor erviceorotheractivit thati
inve tigativeorenforcementinnature,themem er hallactivatethe WCatthe r trea ona leopportunit
todo o.
...
ndingaRecording
Oncerecordingwitha WCha eeninitiated,mem er hallnotendtherecordinguntil:
1.Theeventorencounterha full concluded;or
2.Themem erleave the ceneandanticipate nofurtherinvolvementintheevent;or
3.A upervi orha authorizedthatarecordingma cea e ecau ethemem eri nolongerengagedinarelated
enforcementorinve tigativeactivit ;or
4.Aninvolvedper onrefu e tocooperateunle recordingcea e ,andinthemem er judgment,theneedfor
cooperationoutweigh theneedtorecordtheinformation.

efore toppingarecording,o cer mu trecordarea ononcamera eforeturningito .


xception [toMandator Recording]
1.Mem er ma deactivatea WCincertain ituation .Intheeventthatamem erdi a le therecording
functionofthe WC,themem er hall tateorall intothe WC,therea onfordi a lingthedevice.Whenin
dou t,recordtheinteraction.

However,wheno cer failtorecordarequiredincident,therei norequirementtoprovide


aconcreteju ti cation.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
altimorePDallow o cer todeactivatethecamerawhen en itivecircum tance are
pre ent,providingonl vagueguidance(throughoneexample)a towhatthi mean .
xception [toMandator Recording]
...
3. en itivecircum tance arepre ent(forexample,wheninterviewingavictimof exualviolence).

O cer mu talwa notif u ject thatthecamerai recording. uto cer areunderno


o ligationtoturno theircamera ,evenwhenacrimevictimreque t thattherecording
top.(Onl whenthevictimwi he tomakea tatementor hareinformationcanthe
o cerevencon iderturningthecamerao .)
Notice
1. xcepta otherwi eexempted law,notif ,a oona practica le,theindividualthattheindividuali eing
recordedunle iti un afe,impractical,orimpo i letodo o, tating:
1.1.Hello,IamO cerofthe altimorePoliceDepartment.Iamadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eing
recorded.
2.Thi noticeprovi ioni ati edevenifanotherindividual ecome apart tothecommunicationafterthe
initialnoticeha eenprovided.
...
xception [toMandator Recording]
...
2.Deactivationofa WCma eappropriatewhenavictim,witne ,orotherper onwi he tomakea
tatementor hareinformation, utrefu e todo owhile eingrecorded,orreque t thatthecamera e
turnedo .O cer ma turnthecamerao too tainthe tatement.

altimorePDprovide pecialprivac con ideration whenrecordinginhealthcareand


detentionfacilitie , utnotinprivatere idence .
PrivateRe idence
Privatere idence houldnot etreatedan di erentl thanotherpropert forpurpo e ofrecording.
...
HealthCareFacilitie andDetentionFacilitie
PatientPrivac
1.Mem er hallnotactivatethe WCuntilmeetingwiththecomplainantonacall-for- erviceorwhen
encounteringanon-viewincidentwhilein ideofamedicalfacilit whichrequire activationpur uanttothi
polic .
2.Mem er hallnotrecordpatient duringmedicalorp chologicalevaluation aclinicianor imilar
profe ional,orduringtreatment.O cer hall eawareofpatient right toprivac wheninho pital
etting .Whenrecordinginho pital andothermedicalfacilitie ,o cer hall ecarefultoavoidrecording
per on otherthanthe u pect.
3.O cer hallnotrecordwhileinafacilit who eprimar purpo ei toprovidep chiatricormedical ervice
unle re pondingtoaradiocallinvolvinga u pectortakinga u pect tatement.
4.O cer hallnotregularl recordwhilein idejailfacilitie .
5.However,inan etting,ifconfrontingaviolentora aultive u pect,orinananticipatedu eofforce
in tance,themem er hall,whenrea ona l a letodo o,activatetheir WC torecordtheencounter.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Forcertain eriou incident , altimorePDonl allow o cer toreviewthe WCrecording
ifcertaincondition aremet, ucha ifano cerha eencompelledtomakea
tatement.Forotherroutinematter andadmini trativeinve tigation ,o cer canview
footage eforewritingtheirreport .
ReviewofRecording
...
2.Mem er ma viewtheirownvideofootagetoa i tincompleteandaccuratereportwritingforroutine
matter .Amem ermu tdocumentintheirwrittenreport whethercameradatafortheincidentwa
reviewed.
3.Mem er whoareinvolvedina eriou u eofforce,in-cu tod death,orarethe u jectofacriminal
inve tigationma viewtheir WCrecordingrelatedtotheincidentpriortocompletingand u mittingan
requiredreport and einginterviewed theappropriateinve tigativeunitprovidedthat:
3.1.Themem eri inreceiptofadeclinationletterfromthepro ecutingauthorit ,orthemem erha een
compelledtomakea tatementandtheappropriateGarrit warningha eeni ued;and
3.2.Therecordingi viewedatIA oratalocationapproved anIA o cial.
4.Mem er whoarethe u jectofanadmini trativeinve tigationma viewtheir WCrecordingpriorto
completingand u mittingan requiredreport and einginterviewed theappropriateinve tigativeunit.

Limit RetentionofFootage
altimorePDdoe notaddre

,andthu doe notrequire,thedeletionofan footage.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


altimorePDexpre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce
allacce tofootage.

,andlog

ecurit ,RetentionandDi clo ureof WCData


1.Mem er are trictl prohi itedfrom haringan WClog-ininformationorpa word withan otherper on.
2.Onl mem er whohave ucce full completed WCtrainingandpo e valid WC
credential areauthorizedtoview WCfootage.

temlog-in

3.Acce ing,cop ingorrelea ing le fornon-lawenforcementpurpo e are trictl prohi ited.Allacce to


thedownloadedmaterialmu t eauthorizedinwriting thePoliceCommi ionerorhi /herde ignee.
4.Acce ing,cop ing,relea ingor haring WCfootageon/froman computerordevicenoti ued
i trictl prohi ited.

the PD

5.The PD hallretainanon-edita leoriginalver ionof WCfootage,and halllogan timethefootagei


viewed,forwhatlengthoftimeand whom,and halllogan cop ingoreditingof WCfootage.
6.Acce to WCdata hall econtrolledthrougha ecurelocation.
7.Mem er areexplicitl prohi itedfromtampering,editingand/orcop ingdata toredinthe WCandthe
ho ted toragerepo itor .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


altimorePDrelie onMar land pu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,anddoe not
expre l allowcomplainant toviewrelevantfootage.
Mar landPu licInformationAct(MPIA)Reque t
Mem er ofthepu licma reque ttoo tain WCfootage completinga altimorePoliceDepartmentMPIA
Reque tFormandemailing ameto:DCU@ altimorepolice.org.Reque t for WCfootage hall egrantedor
denied a edupontheMar landPu licInformationAct(MPIA),AnnotatedCodeofMar land,General
Provi ion Article,4-101,et eq.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


altimorePDlimit theu eoffacialrecognitiontechnologie toperform road earche of
recordedfootage.Anarrowexceptioni madeforanal zingparticularincident u ing uch
technologie .(ReviewofRecording 7.2)

ReviewofRecording
...
7. toredvideoandaudiodatafroma WC hallnot:
7.1. eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot ;
7.2. eu eda ller inphotoarra ;or
7.3. e earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware.
NOT :Thi u ectiondoe notprohi itthe PDfromu ingarecognition oftwaretoanal zetherecordingofa
particularincidentwhena upervi or mem erha rea onto elievethata peci c u pectorper oninneed
ofa i tancema ea u jectofaparticularrecording.

However,weareconcernedthatthepolic limit there trictionto toredvideoandaudio,


whichleave roomfortheincorporationoffacialrecognitiontechnolog intolivevideo
captureand ituationalawarene technolog .

altimoreCount PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 29,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


altimoreCount PDha adedicatedpu licwe itethatprovide anoverviewofit od
cameraprogram.The iteinclude othaninformationalvideo,a wella alinktothelate t
polic .Themo trecentpu licl availa lepolic i datedJul 14,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
altimoreCount PDrequire it o cer torecordallenforcementorinve tigative
activitie ,amongothert pe of ituation .(General;Required WCActivation;
Di cretionar WCU e )
General
...
WC hould eactivateda oona po i letoen urea muchoftheincidenta po i lei captured.
Note:Iftherei immediatedangertothemem erorother ,the WC hould eactivatedoncethat
immediatedangerha eenaddre edanditha eendeemed afe,practicalandpo i letoactivatethe
device.
...
Required WCActivation
Mem er wearinga WCwillactivatethedevicea oona po i leunle iti un afe,impractical,or
impo i le.
Thedevicewill eactivatedinthefollowingcircum tance whetherornotthe areengagedinacallfor
ervice:
1. nforcementorinve tigativeactivit (e.g.,tra c top , earche ,pur uit ,arre t , eld
interview , topandfri k ituation ,etc.).
2.Otheractivitie ofapotentiall confrontationalnature.
3. mergenc vehicleoperation .
4.Cu todialtran port .
...

Di cretionar WCU e
Mem er wearinga WChavethedi cretiontoactivatethedeviceduringan legitimatelaw
enforcementcontactifthemem er elieve arecordingofanincidentwould eappropriate(e.g.,
tran port ofpeopleoftheoppo ite ex,advi ingofMirandaright ,etc.).

However,thepolic doe notrequireo cer toprovideconcreteju ti cation forfailingto


recordrequiredevent .
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
altimoreCount PDonl prohi it o cer fromrecordingindepthinterview with exual
a aultvictim , utotherwi eallow o cer todeterminewhentherei aheightened
expectationofprivac .(Prohi itedU e of WC ;Di cretionar WCU e ; WC
Deactivation)
Prohi itedU e of WC
...
Duringindepthinterview with exuala aultvictim e ondtheinitialcallfor ervicea e ment.
...
Di cretionar WCU e
...
Inordertopre ervethedignit ofourcitizen ,mem er willexerci egoodjudgementpriortothe
di cretionar u eofthe WCduring ituation whereaheightenedexpectationofprivac exi t (e.g.,
re troom ,lockerroom ,etc.).
...
WCDeactivation
...
Oncerecordingha eenactivated,mem er hallnotendtherecordinguntiloneofthefollowing
occur :
...
6.Requiredactivationcircum tance nolongerexi t ,ordidnotexi t,andthemem erha
determinedthat:
a.Aheightenedexpectationofprivac exi t anddeactivationi nece ar inordertopre erve
thedignit ofourcitizen (e.g.,lockerroom ,re troom ,etc.).
.Avictim,witne ,orotherindividualwi he tomakea tatementor hareinformation, ut
reque t notto erecordedorrefu e to erecorded.
Note:Duringthe e ituation mem er ma deactivatetheir WCinordertoo tainthe
tatementorinformation.

Thepolic require o cer tonotif individual thatthe are eingrecorded.(Pu lic


Noti cation)
Pu licNoti cation
Mem er hallnotif individual( )the are eingrecordeda oona po i le,unle iti un afe,
impractical,orimpo i letodo o.
xception:Unle otherwi eexempted law.
Whennoti cationi dela ed,itwill egivenonceiti afe,practical,andpo i le.
Note:The eprovi ion are ati edevenifanotherindividual ecome apart tothecommunication
aftertheinitialnoticeha eenprovided.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
altimoreCount PDpermit o cer toreviewfootagewhencompletingtheirwritten
report .(Acce toRecording ;InternalA air ection(IA ))
Acce toRecording
Mem er haveacce totheirownrecording ,andrecording hared
Mem er ma acce recording forthefollowingpurpo e :
1.Reportwritingorpreparationofothero cialdocument .

othermem er .

2.Courtpreparation.
3.Reviewofpro ecutionevidence.
4.Reviewofvictim/witne / u pect tatement .
5.Crime ceneo ervation .
6. tatementofcharge preparation.
7.Clarif ingo ervation atthe ceneofanincident.
Mem er will haretheirrecording withothermem er uponreque ttofurtheraninve tigationorfor
othero cialpurpo e .
...
InternalA air ection(IA )
n ure thatmem er andtheirrepre entative aregiventheopportunit toreviewallrelatedrecording
priortoprovidinga tatementduringanadmini trativeinve tigation.

Limit RetentionofFootage
altimoreCount PDkeep un aggedfootagefor18month anddoe nothaveadeletion
requirement.(Categorie andRetention)
Categorie andRetention
...
TheDepartment categorie andretentionperiod are:
1.Mi cellaneou andNon-Criminal
Retention:18month .
U e:Fieldinterview ,non-criminalcall ,andaccidentalrecording .
2.RoutineTra c
Retention:18month .
U e:Non-jaila leandnon-arre ta letra c.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


altimoreCount PDprohi it o cer fromunauthorizedfootagedi tri utionanddeletion,
utdoe notexplicitl prohi itfootagetampering.(
temRecording )
temRecording
...
Arethepropert oftheDepartment.
Willnot ecopied,reproduced, hared,po ted,downloaded,ordi eminatedinan mannerunle foran
o ciallawenforcementpurpo e.
Willonl ecopied,reproduced, hared,po ted,downloaded,ordi eminatedinan mannera entan
o ciallawenforcementpurpo ewhenauthorized theChiefofPoliceortheTC VideoManager.
...
Willnot edeletedwithoutauthorizationfromtheTC VideoManager.

Thepolic indicate that altimoreCount PDmaintain auditlog forfootageacce


(Technolog andCommunication ection(TC ))

Technolog andCommunication ection(TC )


...
n ure theD M i con guredto:
...
2.Automaticall createandtrackauditandacce log ,includingallviewing,cop ing,andediting.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


altimoreCount PD et outacategor ofrecording thatare[r]elea a letoaPer onin
Intere t.However,thepolic doe not peci call de newhoaPer oninIntere ti
doe itincludecomplainant ?anditdoe not peci call de cri ewhatacce right

uchaper onha ,orhowtho eright can eexerci ed.Allotherpu licfootagereque t


arehandledinaccordancewithMar land pu licrecord law.(De nition ;Recording
RedactionandReproduction;TC VideoManager)
De nition
...
Per onInIntere t-aper onhavingagreaterrightofacce toarecordingthanthegeneralpu lic.
...
RecordingRedactionandReproduction
Allreque t forproductionofrecording will e enttotheTC VideoManager.
WCrecordingreque t will eful lledandredactedinaccordancewithapplica lelaw .
WCrecording reque ted thepu licwill ecategorizeda :
1.Pu licl Relea a le-Relea edtoan mem erofthepu lic u jecttopu licredaction
requirement .
2.Per onInIntere tRelea a le-Relea a letoaPer oninIntere t u jecttoindividualredaction
requirement .
3.Non-Relea a le-Recording thatcannot erelea edatthetimeofthereque tinaccordancewith
legalrequirement .
Recording ofthefollowingnaturewill eautomaticall categorizeda non-relea a le:
1. u pectedneglect,a u eandorexploitationofavulnera leadultorchild.
2.Covertper onnelandoractivitie .
3.Anongoinginve tigation.
4.Intelligenceinformationor ecurit procedure .
xception torelea eandredaction tandard ma onl eauthorized theChiefofPolice.
...
TC VideoManager
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Receive ,review ,andproce e pu licreque t forcopie of WCrecording inaccordancewiththe
Mar landPu licInformationAct(MPIA),MD.CodeAnn.Gen.Provi .4-401to601.
timate ,collect ,andproce e fee a ociatedwithreque tful llmentinaccordancewiththeMPIA.
Relea e authorizedandredactedrecording con i tentwiththi polic andapplica lelaw.
end adenialletter,explicitl tatingtherea on,iftherelea eofarecordinginnotauthorized.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


altimoreCount PDlimit theu eoffacialrecognitiontechnologie toperform road
earche ofrecordedfootage.Anarrowexceptioni madeforanal zingparticularincident
u ing uchtechnologie .(
temRecording )
temRecording
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Ma not e:
1.U edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot .
2.U eda ller inphotoarra .
3. earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware.
xception:Recognition oftwarema eu edtoanal zetherecordingofaparticularincidentwhena
upervi orha rea onto elievethata peci c u pectorper oninneedofa i tancema ethe
u jectofaparticularrecording.

However,weareconcernedthatthepolic limit there trictionto


temrecording ,
whichleave roomfortheincorporationoffacialrecognitiontechnolog intolivevideo
captureand ituationalawarene technolog .

atonRougePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage

La tupdated:Jul 29,2016.I thi polic nowpu licl availa le?Letu know.

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Weinclude atonRougePDinour corecardduetothenationalattentionthedepartment
ha received incetheAlton terling hootingonJul 5,2016.N CNew reportedthat
duringtheincident,the od camera worn twoo cer involvedallegedl fello during
thecaltercation,anddidntcapturefootage.Therehave eencon ictingreport a outthe
kindof od camera the e atonRougeo cer werewearing.
Whileweknowthato cer arewearing od camera inthe treet of atonRouge,we
havent eena letolocateapu licver ionofthedepartment polic .

o tonPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 15,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


o tonPDdoe notmakeit WCpolic availa leonit we ite,pre uma l ecua ethe
programi tillinapilot tage.However,acop ofthemo trecentpolic wa hared the
o tonGlo e(em eddedatthe ottomofthearticle).
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
o tonPD polic clearl de cri e wheno cer mu trecordcontactwithcivilian .(2.2)
WCActivationandIncident ofU e:O cer willactivatethe WConl inconjunctionwitho ciallaw
enforcementdutie ,where uchu ei appropriatetotheproperperformanceofdutie ,andwherethe
recording arecon i tentwiththi polic andthelaw.Iftherei animmediatethreattotheo cer lifeor
afet ,making WCactivationimpo i leordangerou ,theo cer hallactivatethe WCatthe r t
rea ona leopportunit todo o.The WC hallnot edeactivateduntiltheencounterha full concluded
and/ortheo cerleave the cene( ee ection2.8, WCDeactivation).O cer hallrecordallcontactwith
civilian inthefollowingoccurrence :
1.Vehicle top ;
2.Inve tigativeper on top :con en ual,orarticula lerea ona le u picion top pur uanttoRule323
(FIO Report),or top upported pro a lecau e;
3.Alldi patchedcall for erviceinvolvingcontactwithcivilian ;
4.Initialre pon e patrolo cer ,includingon- itedetention ,inve tigation pur uanttoanarre t,
arre t ,andinitial u pectinterview on- cene;
5.Patfri k and earche ofper on incidenttoarre t(ifnotalread activated);
6.K9 earche ;
7.Incident of mergenc Driving(primar and econdar re pondingo cer );
8.Incident ofPur uitDriving(primar and econdar re pondingo cer );
9.Whenano cerrea ona l elieve acrowdcontrolincidentma re ultinunlawfulactivit ;
10.An contactthat ecome adver arial,includingaU eofForceincident,whenthe WChadnot een
activated;or
11.An otherciviliancontactoro cialdut circum tancethattheo cerrea ona l elieve hould e
recordedinordertoenhancepolicingtran parenc ,increa epu lictru tandpolice-communit relation ,

orpre ervefactualrepre entation ofo cer-civilianinteraction ,providedthatrecordingi con i tent


with ection 2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,7.1and7.2ofthi polic .

Thepolic al ode cri e whencamera hould edeactivated.O cer areencouragedto


ju tif theirdeci iontodi continuerecording, utarenotrequiredtodo o.(2.8)
Totheextentpo i le,priortodeactivatinga WC,theo cer hall tatetherea onfordoing o.Generall ,
oncethe WCi activated,recordingwillcontinueuntilorunle theeventha concluded. elowareexample
ofwhenanevent hall econ ideredconcluded:
1.Victimand/orwitne contactha concluded;
2.Allper on toppedhave eenrelea edorleftthe ceneoranarre teeha arrivedatthedi trict tationfor
ooking.Ifatran portingo cerha a WC,recording hallcontinueuntilthetran portingo cerarrive
in idethe tationatthe ookingde k;
3.Theeventi ofa en itivenatureandthe WCo cerha weighedthe WCDi cretionar Recording
Con ideration peci edin ection2.4anddecidedtodeactivatethe WC;
4.Theincidentha concludedpriortothearrivaloftheo cer;
5.Theincidentoreventi of uchdurationthatdeactivatingthe WCi nece ar tocon erveavaila le
recordingtime;or
6.Theo ceri orderedtoturnthecamerao

a upervi or.

Wheno cer failtorecordarequiredincident,thepolic doe notappeartorequirethat


o cer provideaconcreteju ti cation.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Thepolic highlight theimportanceofprivac andprohi it recordingcivilian
con titutionall protectedright ,andal oallow o cer to toprecordinginarea witha
rea ona leexpectationofprivac ,whicharede cri ed.O cer can, utarenotrequiredto,
deactivatetheircamera incircum tance ofa en itiveorprivatenatureorwhenminor
arepre ent.(1;2.4)
1.Iti thepolic oftheDepartmenttore pectthelegitimateprivac intere t ofallper on in o ton,while
en uringprofe ionali minit workforce.Therecordingofcivilian a ed olel uponthecivilian politicalor
religiou elief orupontheexerci eofthecivilian con titutionalright tofreedomof peechandreligiou
expre ion,con titutionalpetitionanda em l i prohi ited. WCfootage hallnot ereviewedtoidentif
thepre enceofindividualparticipant at uchevent whoarenotengagedinunlawfulconduct...
2.4.RecordinginArea WhereThereMa eaRea ona le xpectationofPrivac : WCo cer hould e
mindfuloflocation whererecordingma econ ideredin en itive,inappropriate,orma eprohi ited
privac policie . uchlocation ma includelockerroom ,place ofwor hip,religiou ceremonie ,certain
location inho pital orclinic ,lawo ce ,da carefacilitie ,etc.At uchlocation ,attheo cer di cretion
and a edonthecircum tance , WC ma eturnedo .Theo cerma con idertheoptiontodivertthe
WCawa froman u ject andrecordonl audio,ifappropriate.Whenexerci ingdi cretionin uch
ituation ,thedeci ionwhetherto toprecording,divertthe WC,orrecordonl audio houldgenerall e
a edonthefollowing WCDi cretionar RecordingCon ideration :theextenttowhichtheo cero erve
activitie orcircum tance ofa en itiveorprivatenature;thepre enceofindividual whoarenotthe u ject
oftheo cer-civilianinteraction;thepre enceofpeoplewhoappearto eminor ;an reque t acivilianto
toprecording;andtheextenttowhicha enceof WCrecordingwilla ecttheinve tigation.

Thepolic al oallow u ject tooptoutofrecordinginaprivatere idence.(2.3)


RecordingwithinaRe idence: eforeenteringaprivatere idencewithoutawarrantorinnon-exigent
circum tance ,the WCo cer hall eektheoccupant con enttocontinuetorecordinthere idence.Ifthe
civiliandecline togivecon ent,the WCo cer hallnotrecordinthere idence.O cer recordingina
re idence hall emindfulnottorecord e ondwhati nece ar totheciviliancontact,andnottou ethe
WCwithexplorator intentinane orttocreateaninventor ofitem inthere idence.

O cer arerequiredtonotif u ject the are eingrecorded, utarenotrequiredto


o taincon enttocontinuerecordingout ideofprivatere idence .(2.5-6)
2.5.NoticeofRecording:Unle therei animmediatethreattotheo cer lifeor afet ,making WC

noti cationimpo i leordangerou , WCo cer hallinformcivilian thatthe are eingrecorded. WC


o cer hallnotif civilian withlanguage ucha Maam/ ir,Iamadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eing
recorded m od WornCamera. WCo cer hallnotrecordcivilian urreptitiou l .
2.6.Con enttoRecord:A idefromthere trictionin ection2.3(RecordingwithinaRe idence), WCo cer
arenotrequiredtoo taincon enttorecord.Ifacivilianha reque tedthe WCo certo toprecording,
o cer havenoo ligationto toprecordingiftherecordingi pur uanttothecircum tance identi edin
ection2.2.Whenevaluatingwhetherornottocontinuerecording, WCo cer houldweighthe WC
Di cretionar RecordingCon ideration peci edin ection2.4.Thereque ttoturnthe WCo hould e
recorded,a wella theo cer re pon e.

O cer arenotrequiredtodeactivaterecordingvictim orwitne


di cretiontoturno theircamera ifreque ted.(2.7)

e , utaregiven

RecordingofVictim /Witne e :Ifa WCo ceri inrangeofvi ualoraudiorecordingofavictimorwitne


whoi givingtheir r taccountofacrime,theo cerma recordtheencounter ut houldweighthe WC
Di cretionar RecordingCon ideration peci edin ection2.4indeterminingwhethertoactivateor
di continuerecording.Ifthedeci iontoactivateand/orcontinuerecordingi made,noti cation hall emade
a peci edin ection2.5.Ifthevictimi inan wa un ureoftheneedfortherecordingto emadeori
uncomforta lewiththethoughtof eingrecorded,theo cer hallinformthecivilianthatthe canreque tto
havethe WCturnedo .Ifthecamerai alread activated,thereque ttoturnthe WCo hould erecorded,
a wella theo cer re pon e.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
o tonPDencourage o cer toviewfootage eforecompletingtheirwrittenreport .
(4.1)
WCO cerAcce toFootage: WCo cer ma reviewtheirown WCrecordinga itrelate to:
1.Theirinvolvementinanincidentforthepurpo e ofcompletinganinve tigationandpreparingo cial
report .Tohelpen ureaccurac andcon i tenc ,o cer areencouragedtoreviewthe WCrecording
priortopreparingreport ;
2.Providingte timon incourttorefre hrecollection.O cer willen urethatthepro ecutingattorne i
awarethe WCrecordingwa reviewed;and
3.Providinga tatementpur uanttoaninternalinve tigation,includingo cerinvolved hooting
inve tigation andothercriticalincident a outlinedin ec.4.2. elow.

o tonPDprohi it o cer fromviewingfootageimmediatel followingo cer-involved


hooting oru eofdeadl force, uto cer areallowedtoviewthe erecording priorto
makinga tatementa outthe ituation.(4.2)
WCO cerAcce toFootageFollowinganO cerInvolved hooting:Followingano cerinvolved hooting,
orotheru eofdeadl force,involvedo cer ,including upervi or , hallnotviewthe WCrecordingonan
deviceorcomputerpriortotheFirearmDi chargeInve tigationTeam(FDIT)viewingthefootageand
uploadingitintothe tem,exceptifexigentcircum tance exi t, ucha ano cer einginjured,inorderto
o tainidentif ing u pectinformationorotherpertinentinformationfromthe WCrecording . WCo cer
involvedinano cerinvolved hootingand WCo cer whowitne ano cerinvolved hootingorotheru e
ofdeadl force hall eallowedtoviewtheirown WCrecordingpriortoawalkthroughand/or tatement.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic doe notlimitretentionoffootageduringthedepartment pilotprogram.(6)
R T NTION:Duringthepilotprogram,norecordingorfootage hall edeleted.Footagerecordedduringthe
pilotprogramwill eretainedfornolongerthanone earafterthepilotprogramconclude ;however,footage
recordedduringthepilotprogramthatrelate toan criminalorcivilproceeding,an criminaloradmini trative
inve tigation,oran u eofforcewill eretainedduringthependenc ofan relevantproceeding,inve tigation,
or tatuteoflimitation period.Theretentionperiodforfootagerecordedpur uanttothepilotprogramma e
uper eded an future WCpolic implemented.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e

o tonPDprohi it o cer whodonotwearcamera fromacce ingfootagewithout


upervi orpermi ion, utdoe not eemtoappl the amere trictiontoo cer with
camera .(4.4)
Non- WCO cerAcce toFootage:Non- WCo cer hallonl acce footagewithpermi ionofa
upervi or.

Thepolic prohi it improperu eoffootage, utdoe notexpre


fromera ingoralteringrecording .(7.2)

l prohi itemplo ee

ImproperU eof WCFootage: WCrecording/footage hallnot e:


1.U edforthepurpo e ofridiculingorem arra ingan emplo eeorper ondepictedontherecording;
2.Randoml reviewed theInternalA air Divi ionfordi ciplinar purpo e ;
3.Di eminated an emplo eeunle approved thePoliceCommi ionerorhi de ignee,or
di eminatedinthecour eoftheiro cialdutie ;or
4.Copied an emplo ee(i.e.u etheiriPhone,iPad,oran otherelectronicdevicetocop ).

Thepolic indicate thatacce tofootagewill eaudited, uttheactuallanguageofthe


relevantclau eappear toappl to WCu eratherthanfootageacce .(4.6)
AuditandReviewAcce toFootage:AuditandReview hallconductperiodiccheck toen ure WC are eing
u edappropriatel .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic doe notexpre l allowindividual lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toview
relevantfootage.Itmention victimandwitne reque t , utrefer themtotheO cerof
theLegalAdvi oranddoe notexplaintheproce whichcomplainant wouldacce
footage.(5)
WCrecording relatedtoanongoinginve tigationorin upportofapro ecutionma eprovided the
recordingo certotheapplica lelawenforcemententit . houldano cerreceivea u poenafor WC
footage,theo cer halldirectthe u poenaa oona practica letothecommanderoftheInformation
ervice Groupforre pon e,withacop totheO ceoftheLegalAdvi or. WCrecording ma ereque ted
thepu licpur uanttoapu licrecord reque t(M.G.L.c.6610).Ifano cerreceive areque tfor WC
footagefromtheMedia,thereque t hall edirectedtotheCommander,O ceofMediaRelation .Allother
reque t for WCrecording ,includingvictimorwitne reque t , hall edirectedtotheO ceoftheLegal
Advi or.

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Commenda l , o tonPD harpl limit theu eoffacialrecognitiontechnologie ,going
evenfurthertomandatethatcamera willnotincludean technologicalenhancement .
Thi polic i uniqueamongthemajordepartmentpolicie wevereviewed.(1)
... WC willnotincludetechnologicalenhancement including, utnotlimitedto,facialrecognitionornightvi ioncapa ilitie .

Charlotte-Mecklen urgPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 12,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

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Charlotte-Mecklen urgPDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onit
we itethroughtheInteractiveDirective Guide.Themo trecentpolic i Departmental
Directive400-006,whichwa i uedonJune8,2016andi currenta ofJul 1,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Thepolic provide aclearli tofcitizencontact thatmu t erecorded.(IV.F.6)
6.Whileondut , WC hall eturnedonandactivatedtorecordre pon e tocall for erviceandinteraction
withcitizen .Recording halloccurpriortoorinanticipationofthefollowingcircum tance .The e
circum tance include utarenotlimitedto:
a.Tra c top :The toppingofamotorvehicleforlawenforcementpurpo e ;
. u piciou vehicle orper on ;
c.Voluntar Inve tigativeContact:Themere u picionof omet peofcriminalactivit aper on;
d.Arre t ;
e.U e offorce;
f.Whenoperatingavehicleinemergenc orpur uit ituation ;
g.Call for ervice(CF ):
The WCwill eactivatedinthefollowingcitizenoro cergeneratedreque tforpolicere pon e.
(1)Di tur ance ordi order .
(2)Involvingemotionall ormentall di tur edper on .
(3)Involvingweapon orviolence.
(4)Identi eda inprogre .
h.K-9track and uilding earche .
i.Whenreque ted acitizenduringaninteractionwithano cer.
j.Tra cChecking tation:
Thepreplanned tematic toppingofvehicle tocheckmotori t forcompliancewithlicen e
requirement andothermotorvehiclelaw includingdrivingwhileimpaired.
(1)Onceano cerdetermine therei rea ona le u picionorpro a lecau etodetainthedriver,the

o cer hall eginrecordingwiththeir WC.


(2) xcepta li teda ove,o cer arenotrequiredtorecordduringtheentiredurationofthe
checkpoint.
k.Duringtheentiredurationofthetran portationofan pri onerwho:
(1)Ha eeninvolvedinau eofforce;
(2)I argumentativeand/orcom ative;
(3)I ver all a u ive
(4)I u ingan otherinappropriateand/or ugge tiveor exuallanguage;
(5)I injuredorclaim to einjured;
(6)or,inan ituationthattheo cerdeem nece ar .
(7)O cer hallpo itiontheirDMVRcamera,ifavaila le,toal orecordtheaction ofthepri oner.
l. earchwarrant orexigentcircum tance earche ofvehicle , uilding ,andotherplace .
(1)O cer hallnotrecordthepreparation fororthetactical erviceofan earchwarrant.
(2)TheO cerinCharge(OIC)ofthe earch hallrecorda eforeandafter earchwalkthroughafter
thelocationha een ecured.
(3)TheOIC hall ecalledtothelocationofan evidencelocated amem erofthe earchteamand
hallrecordtheevidenceinit foundlocationpriortocollection.
m.Con ent earche
(1)Duringacon ent earchinoneofthea ove,theo cer hallrecordhimorher elfa kingfor
con entandthecitizen re pon etothatreque t.
(2)Ifduringacon ent earchinanon-pu licplacethecitizennolongerwant the earchrecorded,the
o cer hall toprecordingandcontinuea normalwithoutrecordingthe earchunle con enti
withdrawn.
n.O cer hallrecord how-up eitherwiththe WCorDMVR;whicheveri mo tprudent.

Ifano cerfail torecordinarequiredcircum tance,heor hemu tprovideju ti cation


(IV.F.7)
Iti recognizedthato cer withatakehomevehiclema needtomakeenforcement top orre pondtoalaw
enforcementneedwhiletravelingtoandfromwork,whichma re ultin top not eingrecorded.Whenthi
occur theo cer halldocumenttheiraction andrea onfornothavingtheir WCwithintheK COP report
orCAD.

Thepolic require o cer tocontinuerecordinguntiltheincident adver arialaction


end oruntiltheincident ecome afollowupinve tigation.(IV.F.8;IV.F.24)
8.A WCrecording hall e toppedduringnon-enforcementactivitie ucha tra ccontrol,criminal
inve tigation ,orwhennoadver arialevent areongoing.Anexampleofthi would ethetimeinwhichaCF
[Callfor ervice]orotherde nedrecordingeventchange fromadver arialorafact ndingcontacttoafollow
upinve tigation.Forexample,ano certhatha arrivedon ceneandthe u pectha leftandtheo ceri
nowtakingwritten tatement ,identif ingwitne e ,andproce ingthecrime cene.
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24.Oncea WCi tarted,o cer hallcontinuetorecorduntiltheincidentevolve intoacriminalinve tigation
ortheadver arialactionha topped.However;tra c top hall erecordedintheirentiret ,whichi until
thevehicleha leftthe toporaper oni placedunderarre tandi eingtran portedtotheintakecenter.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Thepolic doe notrequireo cer too taininformedcon entpriortorecording,anddoe
notrequireo cer eithertoalertindividual thatthecamerai recordingortoinform
individual thatthe ma refu eto erecorded.
Thepolic doe prohi ito cer fromactivatingtheircamera torecordcertain en itive
conver ation orwithincertain en itiveplace ,anditprohi it o cer fromrecording
peopleordi cu ion unrelatedtoacallfor erviceorevent.(IV.F.17)
Toaidintheprotectionoftherighttoprivac ,o cer hallnotrecordwhile:
a.Inapatientcareareaofahealthcarefacilit ,unle thepatient ecome adver arialwiththeo ceror
other .If o,theo cer hallrecordforlawenforcementpurpo e onl , utnotrecordan patient/doctor
conver ation ;
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d.Inthepre enceofaCon dentialInformant(CI)orUndercoverO cer(UC);

e.Inthemagi trate o ceoran tateorfederalcourt;


f.Havingdi cu ion withattorne ,peer upportcoun elor ,doctor ,etc;
g.Involvedinadepartment, upervi or ,orpu licmeeting;
h.Inacla roomand/orwheninate tingenvironment;
i.An per onorconver ationthati notinvolvedinacallfor erviceoreventa outlinedinthi directive.

Thepolic prohi it o cer fromrecordinginplace wheretherei anexpectationof


privac utmake anexceptionforo cer pre entinano cialcapacit ,whichitdoe
notfurtherde ne.(IV.F.15)
15.Unle pre entinano cialcapacit ,the WC hallnot eu edin athroom ,lockerroom ,orotherplace
wheretherei anexpectationofprivac .

Thepolic prohi it o cer fromrecording trip earche ofindividual .(IV.F.16)


16.Priortoconductinga trip earch,theo cer hallrecorda360-degreevideoofthelocationwherethe
earchwill econducted;however, eforean partoftheactual trip earch egin ,theo cer hallver all
recorda totherea onthe WCi eingturnedo .Oncetherea oni recordedtheo cer( ) hallproperl
turno the WC.A oona the earchi complete,the WC hallimmediatel eturned ackon.

Thepolic require o cer toen ureallrecording areforo cialpurpo e when


recordingjuvenile notparticipatingincrime ,childrenwhoare oungerthanage ix,or
withinre idence .(IV.F.19)
19.Whenrecordingjuvenile notinvolvedincriminalactivit ,under ix ear ofage,orwhileinaper on
re idenceo cer houlden ureallrecording areforo cialpurpo e a outlinedwithinthi directive.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Thepolic permit o cer toreviewfootagewhencompletingtheirwrittenreport .
(V.J.3.c)
c.O cer ma review WCvideotoaidincompletingreport ,providing tatement orcourtte timon .

Limit RetentionofFootage
Charlotte-Mecklen urgPD polic require footagethati notrelatedtoacriminalcharge
orinve tigationto edeletedwithin45da .Thepolic require footagecla i eda NonCitizenInvolvement(videothatdoe notcontainaninteractionwithacitizen, u pector
a ociatedwithan othercategor . x:Pre hiftte tvideo, luelightandTA R parkte t,
accidentalactivation)andNon-CriminalO en e (interactionwithacitizenthati not
relatedtoacriminalchargeorinve tigation)to eretainedfor45da and peci e that
the WC torage
temautomaticall delete footageattheendofthea ignedretention
period.(IV.F.9;V.G-H)
7.Whenanincidentha ended,theo cer hall topthe WCrecordingandentertheincidentcomplaint
num erandappropriatecategor .
Categor i thetermu edtoidentif the election anauthorizedu ercancla if aneventthatha een
recorded.
Categor

RetentionPeriod

Non-CitizenInvolvement

45Da

Tra c topWarning

45Da

Tra c topInfraction

45Da

Tra c topMi demeanor

3Year

Tra c topFelon

20Year

Non-CriminalO en e

45Da

IACM

4Year

CriminalInve tigationNonFelon

3Year

CriminalInve tigationFelon

20Year

Non-CitizenInvolvement:Videothatdoe notcontainaninteractionwithacitizen, u pectora ociatedwith


an othercategor . x:Pre hiftte tvideo, luelightandTA R parkte t,accidentalactivation.
Tra c topWarning:Ver alorwrittenwarning,withnocitationorarre t,regardle ofrea onfor top.
Non-CriminalO en e :Interactionwithacitizenthati notrelatedtoacriminalchargeorinve tigation.
IACM :Allvideoa ociatedwithaninternalinve tigation hould ecategorizedIACM ,unle the u pecti
chargedwithafelon .If o,it hall ecategorizeda tra c toporcriminalinve tigationfelon .
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V.R CORDINGCONTROLANDMANAG M NT
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G.The WC temautomaticall delete recording fromthe erverwhentheretentionperiodforthe
categorizedrecordingha elap ed.Theretentionperiodi et the temaccordingto peci ccategorie
a ignedtothevideo theo cer, upervi ororauthorizedu er.
H.Digital le a ociatedwithaninve tigation hall edi po edofordeletedinaccordancewithcurrentCMPD
polic and tateandfederallaw .

Whenano cer upervi orcon ider utthendi mi e ami conductcomplaint,the


polic require Charlotte-Mecklen urgPDtoretainthefootagerelatedtothatcomplaintfor
three ear .(V.J.4.a,d)
4.CitizenReviewofVideo/AudioRecording
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a.CitizenReview:Thatportionofavideo/audiorecordingwhichcontain aneventre ultinginacitizen
complaintagain tano cerma ereviewed theper onallegedtohave eenaggrieved the
o cer' action (hereinafter"complainant")accordingtoN.C.G. .160A-168(c)
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d.Ifthe upervi ordetermine thatno uchviolation( )occurred,the willdocumentthecomplaintanda
ummar oftheiraction onamemorandumtothedivi ioncaptain.InternalA air ca enum er willnot
egenerated.Thememorandumformwill e ledinthedivi ion/unito ceforone earfromthedateof
ling.Inaddition,the upervi orwillen uretherecordingi marked othatiti retainedforathree ear
period.Ifthecomplainantdoe notagreewiththe upervi or' determinationthatnoviolation( )
occurred,thecomplainantma appealthatdeterminationtothedivi ion/unitcaptain.Thedeci ionofthe
divi ioncaptaini nal.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Thepolic doe notexplicitl prohi itunauthorizedacce , utdoe prohi ittheviewingof
footageforan thingotherthanapproveddepartmentalpurpo e and,withcertainlimited
exception ,prohi it thecop inganddi eminationof WCfootage.However,thepolic
doe notfurtherde neapproveddepartmentalpurpo e .(IV.F.18,22;V.A;V.C;V.I.1,2,
3.a,c)
18.Theviewingofan recordingforan thingotherthanapproveddepartmentalpurpo e i prohi ited. x.
O cer hallnotu ethe WCa amean toconducta eld howupofa u pect.
...
22.O cer areprohi itedfromu ingan devicetocop ,photographorrecordthepla ackofan
video/audiorecorded a WC.
...
V.R CORDINGCONTROLANDMANAG M NT
A.Allvideo/audiorecording arethepropert ofCMPDandwillnot eduplicatedexcepta de cri edin
( ectionV.I).
...
C. mplo ee areprohi itedfromu ingan devicetocop ,photographorrecordthepla ackofan
video/audiorecorded a WC,unle authorized thi directive.
...
I.Recording hall eduplicatedforcourtandinve tigativepurpo e onl ,unle authorized theChiefof
Police...

Thepolic doe notexpre l prohi ito cer fromtamperingwithormodif ing WC


footage;thepolic onl tate thatrecording areincapa leof eingalteredordeleted

o cer and upervi or ,without pecif inghowthi i enforced.(V. )


. WCrecording areincapa leof eingalteredordeleted

o cer and upervi or .

Thepolic tate thateachrecordingmaintain anauditlogofallacce


footage.(V. ,D)

torecorded

.... achrecordingha anaudittrailthattrack thedateandtimeofeachper onthatacce e allvideowithin


the tem.
...
D. achvideorecordingha aChainofCu tod AuditTrailwhichdocument allevent a ociatedwiththe le.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic allow individual lingcomplaint toviewrelevantportion ofrecording , ut
thepolic doe notallowcomplainant toviewfootage howingthemo t eriou event
thatcouldformthe a i forcomplaint (di chargeof[a] rearm ano ceror eriou
injur ordeathofan per on)unle theChiefofPoliceprovide priorapprovalforthe
citizentoviewthefootage.(V.J.4.a)
4.CitizenReviewofVideo/AudioRecording
...
a.CitizenReview:Thatportionofavideo/audiorecordingwhichcontain aneventre ultinginacitizen
complaintagain tano cerma ereviewed theper onallegedtohave eenaggrieved the
o cer' action (hereinafter"complainant")accordingtoN.C.G. .160A-168(c)(9).An video/audio
recordingwhichdepict adi chargeof rearm ano ceror eriou injur ordeathofan per onwill
not e howntoacomplainantwithoutpriorapprovaloftheChiefofPolice.

Thepolic provide thatCharlotte-Mecklen urgPDma ratherthanmu tallow


individual toview WCfootage, utinlimitingthatfootagetovideothati notcriminal
intelligence,record ofacriminalinve tigation,evidenceinacriminalmatterora ociated
withaper onnelinve tigationthepolic appear toprohi itindividual fromviewing
almo tallfootagerelevantto lingacomplaint.(V.J.3.a- )
3.Recording ma eavaila leforviewinginthefollowingcircum tance :
a. themediawhenmandateduponreceiptofacourtorderfromacourtofcompetentjuri diction.
.Aper onma u mitareque ttoviewa WCrecordingifthe canidentif therecording date,
approximatetime,encounterorotherrea ona leparticularit ,unle uchrecording arecriminal
intelligence,record ofacriminalinve tigation,evidenceinacriminalmatterora ociatedwitha
per onnelinve tigation.
(1)Per on reque tingtoviewaforementionedmaterialwillnot eallowedtomakecopie nor
record/photographan oftherecording .Acce torecordedmaterialunderthi provi iononl
allow thereque tertoviewthematerial.
(2)Toviewvideothereque tor hall u mita WCReque tforReviewformtothePoliceAttorne
O ce.

Thepolic require Charlotte-Mecklen urgPD ChiefofPolicetorelea e WCfootageto


thepu licwhendoing ocomplie with tateandfederallawandi inthe e tintere tof
pu lic afet .(IV.A)
TheChiefofPolice hall:
...
2.Reviewanddeterminetherelea eofan WCrecording thati inthe e tintere tofpu lic afet andin
accordancewith tateandfederallaw.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial

recognition)to earchfootage.

ChicagoPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$1,000,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 15,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


ChicagoPDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onlineonit Department
Directive
tem.Themo trecentpolic i pecialOrder 03-14,whichwa i uedonMa
10,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
ChicagoPDprovide o cer withaclearli tof ituation thatmu t erecorded.(V. )
.Departmentmem er a igneda WC:
1.willactivatethe

temtoeventmodetorecordtheentireincidentforall:

a.routinecall for ervice;


.inve tigator top ;
c.tra c top ;
d.tra ccontrol;
e.footandvehiclepur uit ;
f.emergenc driving ituation ;
g.emergenc vehiclere pon e toin-progre orju t-occurreddi patche where eeing u pect or
vehicle ma ecapturedonvideoleavingthecrime cene;
h.high-ri k ituation ,including earchwarrant ;
i. ituation thatma enhancethepro a ilit ofevidence- a edpro ecution;
j. ituation thatthemem er,throughtrainingandexperience, elieve to erveaproperpolice
purpo e,forexample,recordingtheproce ingofanuncooperativearre tee;
k.an encounterwiththepu licthat ecome adver arialaftertheinitialcontact;and
l.an otherin tancewhenenforcingthelaw.
NOT :Departmentmem er re pondinga a i tunit willactivatethe WCforallofthea ove-li ted
incident .

ChicagoPDallow o cer toturno theircamera whenfurtherrecordingoftheincident

willnot erveaproperpolicepurpo e.O cer mu t tatetherea onfordeactivationon


camera eforeturningito .Ifano cerfail torecordarequiredevent,theo cermu t
ju tif thi failureoncameraafterthefact.(V.G)
G.Duringtherecordingofanincident,Departmentmem er willnotdi engagethe WCuntiltheentire
incidentha eenrecordedorwhenfurtherrecordingoftheincidentwillnot erveaproperpolicepurpo e.In
theeventofanarre t,theincidenti concludedwhenthe u jecti tran portedtothedi trict tation.
Departmentmem er will:
1.ver all tatetheju ti cationofan di engagement,includingreque t fromtheindividual li tedinitem
V- -2ofthedirective,ofthe WC tempriortotheentireincident eingrecorded eforedi engaging
the WC,unle impracticalorimpo i le.
2.inin tance whentheDepartmentmem erfailedtorecordaneventli tedinitemV- 1ofthi directive,
documenttheevent initiatingthe WCtoevenmodeand tatethe:
a.t peofincident;
.eventnum er;and
c.rea onfornotrecordingtheevent.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


ChicagoPDprohi it o cer fromrecordingwherearea ona leexpectationofprivac
exi t ,and peci call protect othmedicalpatient andexpo edindividual .(V.H)
H.Prohi itedRecording
The WCwillnot eu edtorecord:
1.inlocation wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha dre ingroom orre troom ,
unle requiredforcapturingevidence.
2. en itiveexpo ure ofprivate od part ,unle requiredforcapturingevidence.
NOT :Departmentmem er willnotengagethe WCtorecord trip earche
...
4.in idemedicalfacilitie ,exceptwhena ituationari e thatthemem er elieve to erveaproperpolice
purpo e.
NOT :Departmentmem er willnotengagethe WCtorecord trip earche

Inaddition,o cer mu tnotif allindividual thatthe are eingrecorded.(V. )


.Uponinitiatingtherecording,Departmentmem er willannouncetotheindividual( )thatthe are eing
recorded.Ifexigentcircum tance exi twhichpreventthemem erfromprovidingnotice,noticemu t e
provideda oona practica le.
XAMPL :Thepolicecamerai operatingand ouare eingaudi l andvi uall recorded.

ChicagoPDexpre l permit victim toopt-outofrecording. utifexigentcircum tance


exi texi t,oriftheo cerha rea ona learticula le u picionofacrime,theo cerma
continuetorecord,de pitethereque ttoopt-out,afterannouncingtherea ononcamera.
(V. .2-4)
.Departmentmem er a igneda WC:
...
2.willdi engageeventmodecon i tentwithitemV-G-1ofthi directivewhen:
a.reque ted avictimofacrime,
.reque ted awitne ofacrimeoracommunit mem erwhowi he toreportacrime,
c.theo ceri interactingwithacon dentialinformant.
3.willen ureareque ttoturno thecamera,unle impracticalorimpo i le,i madeontherecording.
4.ma continuetorecordorre umerecordingavictimorwitne :
a.ifexigentcircum tance exi t;or
.iftheo cerha rea ona learticula le u picionthatavictimorwitne orcon dentialinformant
ha committedori intheproce ofcommittingacrime.
NOT :TheDepartmentmem erwillindicateontherecordingtherea onforcontinuingtorecord
de pitethereque tofthevictimorwitne unle impracticalorimpo i le.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
ChicagoPDallow o cer toreview WCrecording priortowritingan reportrelatedto
theincident.(VI.A.2.NOT )
NOT :Departmentmem er ma reviewthe WCrecordingofanincidentpriortowritingan reportrelatedto
theincident.Themem erwilldocumentthi factinthenarrativeportionofthereport.Thi include uti not
limitedtoca ereport ,arre treport ,andinve tigator topreport .

Di trict tation upervi or (D )mu ten urethato cer documentthefactthatthe


vieweda WCrecordingpriortowritinganarre treport.(VI.C.3)
C.Di trict tation upervi or (D

)willen ure:

...
3.mem er whorevieweda WCrecordingpriortowritinganarre treportdocumentthi factinthe
narrativeportionofthearre treportpriortoapprovingpreliminar pro a lecau eforan arre t .

Limit RetentionofFootage
ChicagoPDincorporate referencepolicie fromit department-widedataretention
polic ,a wellthe tate recentO cer-Worn od CameraAct.(IX.A)
IX.R T NTION
Alldigitall recordeddatacreated the WCwill eretainedinaccordancewiththeDepartment' Form
Retention chedule(CPD11.717)andtheIllinoi O cer-Worn od CameraAct(50ILC 706/10).
A.Recording madeon WC mu t eretainedforaperiodofninet da unle an encountercapturedon
therecordingha een agged.

TheDepartment Form Retention cheduledoe notprovidea peci c chedulefor WC


recording .However,theIllinoi O cer-Worn od CameraActrequire un agged
recording to eretainedfor90da .Afterthi 90-da torageperiodelap e ,un agged
recording mu t ede tro ed.(50ILC 706/10-20(a)(7))
(7)Recording madeono cer-worncamera mu t eretained thelawenforcementagenc or
vendoru ed theagenc ,onarecordingmediumforaperiodof90da .

thecamera

(A)Undernocircum tance hallan recordingmadewithano cer-worn od camera ealtered,era ed,


orde tro edpriortotheexpirationofthe90-da torageperiod.
( )Followingthe90-da torageperiod,an andallrecording madewithano cer-worn od cameramu t
ede tro ed,unle an encountercapturedontherecordingha een agged.Anencounteri deemed
to e aggedwhen:
(i)aformalorinformalcomplaintha een led;
(ii)theo cerdi chargedhi orher rearmoru edforceduringtheencounter;
(iii)deathorgreat odil harmoccurredtoan per onintherecording;
(iv)theencounterre ultedinadetentionoranarre t,excludingtra c top whichre ultedinonl a
minortra co en eor u ine o en e;
(v)theo ceri the u jectofaninternalinve tigationorotherwi e einginve tigatedforpo i le
mi conduct;
(vi)the upervi oroftheo cer,pro ecutor,defendant,orcourtdetermine thattheencounterha
evidentiar valueinacriminalpro ecution;or
(vii)therecordingo cerreque t thatthevideo e aggedforo cialpurpo e relatedtohi orher
o cialdutie .
...

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


ChicagoPDexpre

l prohi it footagetampering(i.e.,modi cationanddeletion).(VIII.A)

VIII.VI WINGDIGITALLYR CORD DDATA


Alldigitall recordeddatacreatedwiththe WCarethepropert oftheChicagoPoliceDepartment.
Di eminationofan digitall recordeddataout idetheDepartmenti trictl prohi itedwithout peci c

authorization

the uperintendentoranappointedde ignee.

A.Unauthorizedduplicating,deleting,altering,capturing,ordi eminatingofaudioorvideofrom WC
footagei trictl prohi ited.Forexample,Departmentmem er areauthorizedtoviewtheirown WC
footageonaDepartmentwork tation utma notrecordthi footagewithacellphone,camera,orother
method.

Footageacce i al olimited:o cer areonl authorizedtoviewtheirownrecording ,and


upervi or areonl authorizedtoviewrecording forli tedrea on .(VIII.C-D)
C.Departmentmem er a igneda WCareauthorizedtoviewtheirownrecording on vidence.comu ing
theiruniqueu eracce credential fromaDepartmentcomputerataDepartmentfacilit .
D.Department upervi or areauthorizedtoviewrecording on vidence.com,u ingtheiruniqueu eracce
credential fromaDepartmentcomputerataDepartmentfacilit ,forthefollowingrea on :
1.Toinve tigateacomplaintagain tano cerora peci cincidentinwhichtheo cerwa involved;
2.Toidentif video fortrainingpurpo e andforin tructionalu e;
3.WhenDepartmentmem er arepro ationar policeo cer ;
4.WhenDepartmentmem er havehadapatternofallegation ofa u eormi conduct;
5.WhenaDepartmentmem erha eenplacedinthe ehavioralIntervention
temorPer onnel
Concern Program;
6.Toapproveareportthatindicate amem erviewedthevideopriortowritingthereport;or
7.Foran otherrea oncon i tentwiththi directive.

TheInformation ervice Divi ioni re pon i leforen uringthatauthorizedCPDmem er


andauthorizedout ide-agenc per onnelhaveacce torecording limitedtotheir
peci crole[ ].(VI.G.1)
G.TheInformation ervice Divi ion:
1.willen ureallauthorizedDepartmentmem er andan authorizedout ide-agenc per onnelhave
acce ,limitedtotheir peci crole,toviewrecording onthe vidence.comdata a ethatrelatetotheir
o cialdutie .

Thepolic mention thatallacce

[i ]tracked

individualu ercredential .(IV.H)

H.Therecording are toredandviewedon vidence.com. vidence.comi a ecuredencr ptedenvironment


withallacce tracked individualu ercredential .Departmentmem er areremindednotto haretheir
uniqueacce credential withotheru er .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


TheChicagoPDpolic doe notit elfallowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct
complaint toviewfootage. utitincorporate reference oththedepartment
FreedomofInformationdirectiveandthe tate O cer-Worn od CameraAct.(VIII. .2)
.Wheninquirie eekingacce toexamineoro taincopie ofrecording froma WCaremadeofthe
Department:
...
2.thedirectiveentitledFreedomofInformationwill efollowed.
NOT :Allapplica lelaw includingtheFreedomofInformationAct(FOIA)(5ILC 140/1)and
exception intheIllinoi O cer-Worn od CameraAct(50ILC 706/10),will efollowedwhena
FOIAreque ti made.

TheIllinoi O cer-Worn od CameraActrequire ChicagoPDtorelea efootageto


recorded u ject underthe tate FOIA.(50ILC 706/10-20( )(3))
( )Recording madewiththeu eofano cer-worn od cameraarenot u jecttodi clo ureunderthe
FreedomofInformationAct,exceptthat:
(3)uponreque t,thelawenforcementagenc halldi clo e,inaccordancewiththeFreedomofInformationAct,
therecordingtothe u jectoftheencountercapturedontherecordingortothe u ject' attorne ,orthe
o cerorhi orherlegalrepre entative.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


ChicagoPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

CincinnatiPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 18,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Cincinnatipu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic init onlinePolice
DepartmentProcedure Manual.Themo trecentpolic i Procedure12.540,relea edon
Jul 14,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
CincinnatiPDrequire o cer torecordalllawenforcement-relatedencounter and
activitie a de nedintheprocedure.(Polic ;A.2-3)
Polic :
...O cer arerequiredtoactivatetheir WC
activitie a de nedinthi procedure....

temduringalllawenforcement-relatedencounter and

Procedure:
A.OperatingandUtilizing WC

tem

...
2.O cer willu e WCequipmenttorecordallcall for erviceand elf-initiatedactivitie .The WCmu t
eactivatedwhentheo cerarrive on- cene.Thi include :
a.Whilere pondingforcall for erviceinemergenc mode.
.Tra c top ,includingtheinve tigationofavehicleandoccupant alread toppedorparked.
1)O cer equippedwiththe WC(primar or ackupo cer )willcontinuetorecorduntilthe
toppedvehicledepart oro cer leavethe cene.
c.Duringtheentiret oftra corfootpur uit .
1)Activatethe WC eforeinitiatingatra corfootpur uit.
2)Deactivatethe WCwhenavehicleor u jectcannot elocated.
d.Whena i tingothero cer onan callfor erviceor elf-initiatedactivit .
1)O cer mu ten urethe areaddedtotheCADincidentwhena i tingothero cer .
e.Allreque t forcon entto earchwithoutawarrant,including earche ofper on , uilding ,or
vehicle ,will erecorded. othaudioandvideorecording will emadeofthereque tandcon ent

whenpractical.
1)Recordingi intendedtoenhanceadocumentedcon ent;itdoe notreplacea ignedForm601,
Con entto earchWithoutaWarrant.
f.Reque t for earche anddeplo ment ofdrug-detectioncanine involvingvehicle ,whenpractical.
g.Recording ofallper on ph icall arre tedand eingtran portedinan Departmentvehicletoan
location.
h.O cer havethedi cretiontoactivatethe WCwhenthe elieveaneventma haveevidentiar
value.
...
3.The WCma edeactivatedafter:
a.Clearingthecallfor ervice/ elf-initiatedactivit ,or
.TheDVRi activatedandrecordinga u ject eingtran portedinthepolicevehicle.

Wheno cer failtorecordarequiredevent,the mu treporttheincidenttotheir


upervi or,whomu ttheninve tigateanddocumentthefailure.(Polic ;A.1.c;F.1.c)
Polic :
...O cer afet andpu lic afet takeprecedenceoverrecordingevent .Underextenuatingcircum tance ,
utilizationofthe WC temma not epo i le(e.g.,am u h/a aultonapoliceo cer,compromi ingthe
tacticaladvantageofpolice).Whenthi occur ,o cer willreporttheincidenttotheir upervi or.The
upervi orwillinve tigateanddocumenttheincidentonaForm17 WC....
Procedure:
A.OperatingandUtilizing WC

tem

1. quipmenti there pon i ilit oftheo cera ignedandwill eoperatedaccordingtothe


manufacturer recommendation .
...
c.Ifano cerfail toactivateordeactivatetheir WCaccordingtopolic ,whetherintentionall or
accidentall ,the willreporttheincidenttotheir upervi or.
1)The upervi orwillinve tigateanddocumenttheincidentonaForm17 WC,includingan
di ciplinar recommendation.
...
F. upervi or Re pon i ilitie
1.All upervi or will:
...
c.Inve tigateanddocumentonaForm17 WCallincident involvingano cerwhofail toactivateor
deactivatethe WCinaccordancewithprocedure,includingan di ciplinar recommendation.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


CincinnatiPDprohi it o cer fromrecordingwheretherei area ona leexpectationof
privac .(A.4.c-d)
A.OperatingandUtilizing WC

tem

...
4.O cer willnotu ethe WCtorecordthefollowing:
...
c.Inan placewheretherei area ona leexpectationofprivac (e.g.,re troom,lockerroom)except
duringanactiveincident(e.g.,footpur uitthatlead intoalockerroom).
d.Inan detentionfacilit orho pitalfacilit (whencon dentialpatientinformationma erecorded)
exceptduringanactiveincident(e.g.,di orderl per on).

O cer arenotrequiredtoinformcitizen thatthe are eingrecorded.(Information)


...O cer arenotrequiredtoinformcitizen the are eingrecordedwiththe WC.Unlikethe ackofapolice
carorempt policeinterrogationroom,whichrequire noti cationrecordingequipmenti inu e,theper onal
contact etweenanindividualandano cerdoe notcon tituteanenvironmentwheretherei area ona le
expectationofprivac ....

Noindividual andinparticular,novictim canoptoutofrecording.(A.2.i)


i.O cer arenotrequiredtoinitiateorcea erecordinganevent olel atthereque tofacitizen.

Inaddition,o cer ma recordinprivatehome undercertaincircum tance .(Polic )


...O cer havetherighttou ethe WC temin ideaprivatehomea longa the havealegalrightto e
there(e.g.,callfor ervice,valid earchwarrant,con entofowner)....

Thepolic al orequire theredactionof en itiveand/orprivate ituation ,ifandwhen


footagei relea ed.( .5)
5.Per onalPrivac Redaction
a. WCfootagecontaining en itiveand/orprivate ituation (e.g.,interviewofavictimof exuala ault;
individualwhoi partiall orcompletel unclothed)will eredactedaccordingtothePR OPpriorto
eingrelea ed.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
CincinnatiPDdoe notexpre l prohi ito cer fromviewingrelevantfootage efore ling
aninitialwrittenreportor tatement.Forpolice-involved hooting ,theHomicide
upervi ordecide when WCfootagema ereviewed.( .5)
.Viewing,Alteringand/or haring WCRecording
...
5.Whenano ceri involvedinapoliceintervention hooting,their WCwill e u jecttotheproce
outlinedinProcedure12.550,Di chargingofFirearm PolicePer onnel.
a.Reviewofthe WCfootageatCriminalInve tigation ection(CI )will emadeaccordingtothe
inve tigativeproce andatthedi cretionofaHomicide upervi or.

Limit RetentionofFootage
CincinnatiPDautomaticall delete un aggedfootageafter90da

.(Polic )

TheDepartmentwillpre ervevideoforatlea t90da afterthela trecordedevent.Afterthe90da retention


period,recording notcategorizedforretentionwill eautomaticall deleted TA R....

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


CincinnatiPDexpre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce
(Information; .2; .6)

Information:
...Video le arethepropert oftheCPDandarenotto eduplicatedand/oru edwithoutauthorizationfrom
thePoliceChiefortheirde ignee....
Procedure:
.Viewing,Alteringand/or haring WCRecording
...
2.O cer hallnotedit,alter,era e,duplicate,cop , hareorotherwi edi tri uteinan manner WC
recording withoutpriorapproval.
a.Reque t todeleteportion ofa WCrecording(e.g.,intheeventofaper onalrecording)mu t e
u mittedforapprovalonaForm17tothepolicechief,whowillreviewinaccordancewith tate
recordretentionlaw .Allreque tand naldeci ion hall ekepton le.
...
6.O cer hallnotu enon-agenc equipmentordevice torecordordownloadvideofrom WC .

Thepolic al orequire allacce

torecordedfootageto elogged.( .1)

.Viewing,Alteringand/or haring WCRecording


1.Allacce to WCfootagei automaticall loggedtocreateanelectronicaudittrail.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


CincinnatiPDexpre l allow arecordedindividualtoviewfootageduringacitizen
complaintinve tigation.Thi i apromi ingpolic ,althoughthepolic lack detailonhow
theviewingprocedurework ,includingwhethertherecordedindividualma e
accompanied hi orherattorne .(F.2.d)
F. upervi or Re pon i ilitie
...
2. upervi or willen ure WCfootagearemadeandaccompan departmentreport forallincident
involving:
...
d.CitizenComplaint
1)Form648CitizenComplaint
a)Whenapplica le,an mem erofthepu lic,parentorlegalguardianofaminor,ora
decea ed u ject nextofkinorlegall authorizedde igneewhoi u jectofvideo
footage, hall epermittedtoreviewthat peci cvideofootageduringacitizencomplaint
inve tigation.

Forreque ter whoarenotrecorded u ject ,thepolic relie onexi tingpu licrecord law
tomakefootageavaila le.Oddl ,thepolic contain anexceptionforOVI(Operatinga
VehicleUndertheIn uence)incident ,whichallow thepro ecutortowithholdfootage.
( .3-4)
.Record Reque t
...
3.Out idereque t forvideo le mu t e u mittedtoPR onaForm29,PoliceRecord Pu licRecord
Reque t.Thereque tcan ecompletedonline emailingtheForm29tocpdrecord @cincinnati-oh.gov
or llingoutanonlineformathttp://cincinnati-oh.gov/noncm /police/record /.
a.PR willfollowtheir OPforthecompletionofrecord reque t .
.OVIrecordedevent willonl erelea edwiththeapprovalofthepro ecutor.
c.Whenareque tforavideo lei madefromout idetheDepartment,a econddi ccop ofthevideo
lewill emade PR andmaintainedina leforone ear.
4.Mediareque t forvideo le will ereferredtoandhandled thePu licInformationO ce(PIO).PR
willrelea eadi ccop ofvideo le toPIOuponreque t.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


CincinnatiPD harpl limit theu eoffacialrecognitiontechnologie toperform road
earche ofrecordedfootage.(Anarrowexceptioni madeforanal zingparticularincident
u ing uchtechnologie .)(G)
G. iometric earche
1. toredvideoandaudiofroma WC hallnot:
a. eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot
. eu eda ller inphotoarra ,or
c. e earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware
1)Thi doe notprohi itCPDfromu ingrecognition oftwaretoanal zetherecordingofa
particularincidentwhenrea ona le u picionexi t thata peci c u jectorper oninneedof
a i tancema ea u jectofaparticularrecording.

However,weareconcernedthatthepolic limit there trictionto toredvideoandaudio,


whichleave roomfortheincorporationoffacialrecognitiontechnolog intolivevideo

captureand ituationalawarene

technolog .

ClevelandDivi ionofPolice

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 21,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


ClevelandPolicedoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,aver ionofit
polic wa foundonthe ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thi
polic wa e ectiveFe ruar 2,2015.InMarch2016,Clevelandrelea eda urve a king
re ident forfeed ackontheexi tingpolic ,howeverthe urve i nolongeractiveandno
updatedpolic appear tohave eenrelea ed et.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
ClevelandPolicerequire o cer torecordan policerelatedaction.(IV.G)
G.[Activatethecamera]priortotakingan policerelatedactionincluding, utnotlimitedto:
1. ncounter withvictim ,witne e ,and u pect includingtho ethatinvolveorma involvea topor
inve tigation a edonrea ona le u picionorpro a lecau e.
2.Allcitation ,u e offorce,detention ,andarre t .
3.All earche including, utnotlimitedto,people,vehicle ,item , uilding ,andplace .
4.Alldome ticviolencecall including u pect/victiminterview .
5.Allinteraction withper on knownor u pectedofhavingmentalillne orincri i .
6.A i tingothermem er engagedinapolicerelatedaction,whetherornottheothermem erha aWC
ineventmode.
7.Pur uit (vehicleandfoot)andemergenc re pon edriving.
8.Whena kedto acitizenduringtheinteractionwiththecitizen.
9.Whileenroutetocrime inprogre orju toccurredwhere eeing u pect orvehicle ma ecaptured
onvideoleavingthecrime cene.
10.Crimeoraccident cene wherecapturedmediacanhelpdocument,enhanceand upportmem er :
writtenreport ,evidencecollection,inve tigation ,andcourtte timon .
11.Otherevent , ituation andcircum tance including utnotlimitedtoarmedencounter ,act of
ph icalviolence,civildi tur ance ,andcriminalor u piciou activit
12.An ituationthatamem er elieve capturedmediama eofu e.

O cer mu trecordtheentirecontactandmu talwa announcetherea onwh the


camerai eingturnedo eforedoing o.(IV.H.3;IV.J)

H.[O cer hall,afterthecamerai turnedon:]


...
3.Not toptherecordinguntilthecontactha concludedorwhenordered
upervi or.

aClevelandDivi ionofPolice

...
J.Documenttherea onthataWC unitha eenactivatedto ventModeandi thenreturnedto u ering
Mode.Documentation halltaketheformofmakingarecordedannouncementontheWC .
1.Contactcomplete.
2.Ordered upervi or(name)toendrecording.
3.Incidentcomplete.

O cer mu tnotif a upervi orifthe failtorecord, utthepolic doe notindicate


whethero cer mu tprovideaconcreteju ti cation(orhowthatinformation hould e
handled the upervi or).(IV.D)
Notif a upervi orwhenaWC wa notplacedintoeventmodeincompliancewiththi Order.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


ClevelandPoliceprohi it o cer fromrecordingin[a]n placewheretherei area ona le
expectationofprivac .It peci call protect expo edindividual andtho ewhohave
u eredextremeinjurie .(V.D-H)
V.The[camera] hallnot eu ed[]tocapturethefollowing,unle capturingevidencerelatedtoactivitie
de cri ed[a requiredrecording]:
...
D.Protectedhealthinformationandtreatmentwhenreque ted thepatient,oron- cene mergenc
Medical erviceorDivi ionofFireper onnel.
.Gratuitou capturedmedia(i.e.e ect ofextremeviolenceorinjur ,expo edgenitaliaorother
erogenou area ,etc.).
F.An placewheretherei area ona leexpectationofprivac (i.e.dre ingroom ,re troom ,etc.).
G.Image ofcon dentialinformant orundercovermem er ,unle reque ted theundercovermem er,
their upervi or,orcommandingmem er.
H.Conver ation ofcitizen and/ormem er (i.e.admini trativedutie ,court,communit meeting ,etc.).

O cer mu tnotif citizen thatthecamerai recording.(IV.H.2)


2.[O cer hall,afterthecamerai turnedon][a]dvi ecitizen thatacamerai onandrecordingaudioand
videoatthe r trea ona leopportunit keepingmem er afet apriorit .

Intwolimitedcircum tance whenpoliceareenteringaprivatehomeor uilding,or


recordingavictimorwitne theo cerma eallowed( uti notrequired)toturnthe
camerao ifthe u jectopt out.(IV.I)
I. epermittedto[turnthecamerao ]afteracitizenha eennoti edthata[camera]i recordinginthe
following ituation ....
1. nteringaprivatehomeor uildingwherecon entoftheownerorper onwithauthorit tocon entto
theentrancei requiredandthatper onexpre l decline topermitvideoand/oraudiorecordingin ide
thehomeor uilding.Thi willnotappl toentrancewherecon enti notrequiredornolongerrequired
oncein idethehome/ uildingincludingentrance relatedtoa earchwarrant,arre twarrant,dome tic
violencecall ,andemergenc orexigentcircum tance .Ifpo i le,mem er hallreque tthatthe
citizen tepout ideor,dependingonthecircum tance andwith upervi or approval,[ toprecording].
2.Wheninteractingwithavictimorwitne whorefu e tocooperateifthe[camerai recording].Mem er
hallnotif ando tainapprovalfromtheirimmediate upervi ororthe ector upervi oranddocument
tating,whilethe[camerai recording],therea onthe[camerai eingturnedo ].Ifpractica leand
rea ona le,recordthevictimorwitne reque tingthe[camera] eturnedo .

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
ClevelandPoliceallow o cer toviewrelevantfootagewhilecompletingtheirreport .

(X. )
.Mem er ma acce [camera]capturedmediavia[thefootage torageandacce
a i twithinve tigation orreport .

tem]andviewitto

Limit RetentionofFootage
ClevelandPolice peci e aretentionperiodof180da
deletionrequirementexi t .(X.A;XVII. )

forun aggedfootage, utno

X.A.Allcapturedmediawill euploaded[fromthedockingunit]and toredat[thedigital toragewe


accordingtotheCit ofClevelandrecord retentionpolic .

ite]

...
XVII.Mem er hallu ethefollowingcategorie toa i tinmaintainingand lingcaptured[camera]media.
Capturedmediathatmem er u pectneed to eretainedlongerthantheretentionperiod hall e
documentedinaForm-1de cri ingtherea onandforwardingitthroughthechainofcommandtotheMo ile
upportUnit.
...
.Po i lecomplaint (retentionof180da ).
1.Mem er elieve theincidentma re ultinacomplaint.
2.Capturedmediathatdoe notfallintoan ofthea ovecircum tance .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


ClevelandPoliceexpre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce . ach
timeano ceracce e recordedfootage,theo cermu tnotetherea oninthe
tem.
ClevelandPoliceal olog allacce tofootage.(I-II;X.C-D)
I.Allcapturedmediai ano cialrecordoftheClevelandDivi ionofPolice.Acce ing,cop ing,orrelea ingan
capturedmediaforan purpo eotherthanlawenforcementrelatedi trictl prohi itedand u jectto
di cipline.
II.Mem er hallnot ea letoedit,delete,oraltercapturedmedia.The ecurit feature of[thefootage
torageandacce tem]en urecomplianceandtrackallacce tocapturedmedia.
...
X.Media torage:
...
C.Mem er hallnotu ean recordingdevicetorecordcapturedmediafrom[thefootage torageand
acce tem].
D.Mem er halladdnote tocapturedmedia tatingtherea onforeachviewofcapturedmedia(i.e.
completingreport,courtprep,randomreview,etc.).

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


ClevelandPolicedoe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct
complaint toviewfootage,andexpre l prohi it o cer fromallowingan oneout ide
thedepartmenttoviewfootage.(XIV.D-F)
D.Unu ualorexceptionalincident relatedtolawenforcementactivitie areoftenthe u jectofheightened
pu liccurio it andintere t.However,mem er are trictl prohi itedfromallowingper on out ideoflaw
enforcementtovieworli tentoan mediacaptured the[camera]oran otherDivi ionalevidencecapture
temwithoutpriorauthorizationfromtheChiefofPolice.
.Unle otherwi edirected theChiefofPolice,allvideoand/oraudiorecording (includingper onal)
recordedondut hallnot edi eminatedout ideoflawenforcement.
F.Mem er halladvi eallnon-Divi ionalreque t forcapturedmediato leapu licrecord reque t.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


ClevelandPolicedoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Dalla PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Dalla PDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,adraftpolic wa found
onthe ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thepolic wa pre ented
theDalla ChiefofPolicetotheCit Council Pu lic afet CommitteeonMa 26,2015.
It themo trecentpolic wecouldlocate.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Dalla PDrequire o cer torecordallcontact thatareconductedwithinthe copeofan
o ciallawenforcementcapacit .Attheendofeachrecording,o cer mu tver all
announcewh thecamerai eingturnedo .(3XX.04.A.1-3, )
A.O cer willutilizethe WCinthefollowingcircum tance :
1.O cer willactivatetheir od worncameratorecordallcontact thatareconductedwithinthe copeof
ano ciallawenforcementcapacit including utnotlimitedto:
a. eforean enforcement top,pede trianorvehicle,o cer willactivatethe od cameraupon
exitingthepolicevehicle.Ano cerma activatethecameraan timepriortoexitingthevehicle.If
the WCcannot eactivateduponexitingthepolicevehicle,itwill eactivateda oona practical
and afetodo o.
.Uponarrivalwhenonan callfor ervice.O cer ma activatethecamerawhileenroutetoacall
de tinationifthe deemitnece ar .
c.Duringnon-vehiclepur uit (foot, ike,T3,etc.)a oona theo cercando o afel .
d.Duringvehiclepur uit ,invehicle withoutin-carDVR tem ,a oona theo cercando o
afel .
e.Uponarrivingtoallcrimeinprogre call a oona theo cercando o afel .
f.Duringtheexecutionofawarrantorknockandtalkoperation.
g.Whenreque tingandconductingacon en ual earch.
h. eforean plannedoranticipatedarre t.
i.Duringtheinventor ingof eizednarcotic ,mone oran highvaluepropert .
j.Whenconductingthe tandardField o riet Te t( F T)orDrugRecognition xpert(DR )te t.
k.An ituationwheretheo cer' trainingandexperiencecau e him/herto elievetheincident
need to erecordedtoenhancereport ,pre ervationofevidence,andaidin u equentcourt
te timon .

l.An timeano cerdeem nece ar


...
n.CriticalIncidentTeam(CIT)call .
o.An incidentorcontactthatma re ultinanenforcementaction eingtakenoro cialreport eing
generated
2.The WCwill edeactivatedduringnon-enforcementactivitie ucha whenprotectingatra ccra h
cene,orotherincidentthatprovide noevidentiar value.
3.O cer hallhavethelatitudetoterminatearecordingwhentherei nolikelihoodofan thingel eof
evidentiar orlawenforcementvalueoccurring.It hall edeemedaviolationofthi polic forano cer
tofailtoactivatethe od worncameraorintentionall terminatearecordinginordertocommita
violationofdepartmentpolic orlaw....
.Priortodeactivatingthe WC,o cer willmakearecordedannouncementa totherea onthedevicei
eingdeactivated ucha
1.Contactcompleted
2.Incidentconcluded
3.In tructed upervi or(name)toendrecording
4.O ceror upervi ordi cu ioninthe eld

Wheno cer failtorecordarequiredincident,the mu tdocumentthefailureintheir


report.(3XX.04.C-D)
C.Ifthe WCfail toactivatetheo cerwilldocumentthefailureinaMIRoro en e upplementreport.The
o cerwillal onotif their upervi oroftheequipmentfailure.
D.Ifano cerfail toactivatethe WCorfail torecordtheentirecontact,theo cer halldocumentthe
rea on inaMIRoro en e upplementreport.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Dalla PDprohi it o cer fromrecordingwhereindividual haveanexpectationof
privac .Thepolic doe not peci call protectvulnera lecla e ofindividual ,andeven
inho pital anddoctor o ce ,onl limitedre triction onrecordingexi t.(3XX.05.A, ,
)
3XX.05Prohi itedu eof WC quipment
A.Inan ituationwhereindividual haveanexpectationofprivac ucha athroom andlockerroom ,
unle iti requiredtocaptureevidenceforacriminalinve tigation.
.Theu eof WC inaho pitalordoctor o ce ettingwill elimitedtoinve tigativeu eonl .O cer
willnotrecordapatient' medicalinteractionandprocedure withho pitalormedicalper onnelunle all
partie areawarethatarecordingintakingplaceanditi neededa evidence.
...
.Image ofundercovero cer orcon dentialinformant willnot erecorded,unle reque ted the
undercovero cerortheir upervi orinthefurtheranceofaninve tigation.

O cer donotneedtoo tainthecon entof u ject torecord,norarethe requiredto


proactivel notif u ject thatthecamerai recording.(3XX.04.A.4-6)
4.O cer arenotrequiredtoo taincon entfromaprivateper onwheninapu licplaceorinalocationwhere
therei norea ona leexpectationofprivac .Iti atthedi cretionoftheo certodetermineifthe wantto
announcearecordingi occurring.
5.Whileinpu licarea ,o cer arenotrequiredtoadvi ea u jectthatthe arerecordingtheirinteraction
unle the u ject peci call a k ifthe are eingrecorded,atwhichpointtheo cerwillinformthe u ject
thatthe are eingrecorded.
6.Wheninaprivatere idenceinano cialcapacit ,o cer arenotrequiredtoadvi ethere identthe are
recording.Theo ceri notprohi itedfrom utencouragedtoadvi ethecitizenoftherecordingifdoing oif
itwould etter ervethehandlingoftheincident.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Dalla PDencourage o cer toviewincidentrecording eforewritingtheirreport .
(3XX.04.A.1.m;3XX.06.F)

3XX.04.A.1.m.O cer areencouragedtoreviewvideorecording ofincident priortowritingan o en e,


arre t,orincidentreporttoen uretheaccurac andcon i tenc ofthereport....
3XX.06.F.Duringan admini trativeorcriminalinve tigationtheper onconductingtheinve tigation hallallow
theinvolvedo certoreviewvideoinvolvingtheincidentcaptured WCequipmentworn theo ceror
anothero cer.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Dalla PDautomaticall delete un aggedfootageafter90da

.(3XX.06. )

.Allvideowill emaintainedforaminimumof90da .Ifthevideoha not eencategorizeda onewhichi to


eretaineditwillautomaticall edeletedafter90da .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Dalla PDexpre l prohi it tamperingwithcamera andfootage,a wella unauthorized
di tri utionoffootage.However,thepolic doe notindicatethatacce torecorded
footagewill eloggedoraudited.(3XX.03.A.5-8)
5.Per onnelwillnotremove,di mantleortamperwithan hardwareand/or oftwarecomponentorpartofa
od worncamera.
6.O cer willnotedit,alter,era e,duplicate,cop ,orotherwi edi tri uteinan manner od worncamera
recording withoutproperauthorization.
7.Per onnelwillnotmakecopie ofan od worncamera leor creen hotfortheirper onalu eandare
prohi itedfromu ingarecordingdevice ucha aphonecameraor econdar videocameratorecord uch.
8.Undernocircum tance willaudio/videoevidence econvertedforper onalu e.Acce ing,cop ing,editing
orrelea ingrecording ordepiction ofrecording withoutproperapprovali trictl prohi ited.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Dalla PDrelie onTexa pu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,anddoe not
expre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.
(3XX.03.A;3XX.06.A,D, )
3XX.03.A.Allaudio/videocapturedduringthe copeofano cer' dutie arethepropert oftheDalla Police
Departmentandare u jecttodepartmentalpolicie andapplica lelaw regardingviewing,relea e,
retention,andde truction....
...
3XX.06.Retention, torageandHandlingofVideo
A.Pu licInformationActreque t forvideo will ehandledinaccordancewithChapter552oftheTexa
GovernmentCodeanddepartmentalprocedure .
...
D. WCrecording willnot eprovidedtoan oneout ideoftheDalla PoliceDepartmentunle the
recordingi reque tedthroughtheproperPu licInformationActreque tproce orthroughaCriminal
Ju ticereque treceivedonacompletedandapprovedreque tform.
.TheOpenRecord /Record ManagementUnitwill etcharge forduplication ofvideo forPu lic
InformationActreque t .

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Dalla PDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

DenverPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 13,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


DenverPDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onit we ite.Thewe a edmanualmake thepolic ver ea to nd,andthe WCpolic i prominentl
di pla edonthehomepageofthedepartmentwe ite.Thepolic i Title111.11,dated
Novem er10,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Denver polic include adetailedli tof ituation thatmu t erecordedandin truct
o cer toexerci egoodjudgmentwhenactivatinganddeactivatingthe WC.(3)
...O cer areexpectedtofollowdepartmentalpolic andprocedure,utilizingethicalandlegaldi cretiona
wella goodjudgmentwhenactivatinganddeactivatingthe WC....
a.RequiredActivation
1.Allo cer willplacethe WCinto V NTmodeafter eingdi patchedandpriortoarrivingtothe
followingcall for erviceandpriortoan o cerinitiatedcontact involvingactualorpotential
violation ofthelawincluding:
a.Tra c top
.Pede trian,citizenand/orvehiclecontact
c.Allcall requiringthepre enceofaCri i InterventionTeam(CIT)o cer
d.Reportedweapon call
e.Allcall involving uicidalindividual
f.Whenengaginginafootcha e(ifthe WCwa notplacedin V NTmodepriortothefoot
cha e,o cer arerequiredtoplacethe WCinto V NTmodea oona the ituationha
ta ilizedanditi afetodo o)
g.An encounterthat ecome adver arial
h.Whenengaginginaforcedentr
i.Toa i tindocumentingwarrantle orcon en ual earche ofindividual ,vehicle , uilding
andotherplace
The WCwill eutilizedtorecordthereque tandcon ent.Thi recordingi intendedto

enhanceadocumentedcon ent;iti notintendedtoreplacetheu eoftheCon entto


earchform(DPD272).
Theexi tenceoftherecordedreque twill edocumentedintheo cer tatement.
The WCcan eu edtorecordthe earchit elf.
j.Toa i tindocumentinganindividual MirandaAdvi ement
The WCwill eutilizedtorecordtheadvi ementandthe u ject re pon e when
practical.Thi recordingi intendedtoenhanceadocumentedcon ent.Iti notintendedto
replacetheu eofJuvenileAdvi ement/WaiverForm(DPD102)ortheAdvi ementform
(DPD369).
Theexi tenceofarecordedadvi ementwill edocumentedintheo cer tatement.
k.Allarre t and/orcitation
l.An ituationthattheo cer elieve theu eofthe WCwould eappropriateorwouldprovide
valua ledocumentationifnotalread activatedperpolic

Thepolic doe provideo cer di cretiontonotactivatetheircamerain ituation where


immediateactivationi notfea i leduetoanimmediateri ktothe afet oftheo ceror
other .However,thepolic thenrequire o cer toactivaterecordingatthe r t
availa leopportunit aftertheimmediatethreatha eenaddre ed.(3)
TheDenverPoliceDepartmentrecognize therearecertaincircum tance whereo cer inaproactive(nondi patched)capacit ma ecomeinvolvedina ituationrequiringimmediateactiontopreventinjur ,makean
arre tand/orpreventthede tructionofevidenceore cape.Whenthe e ituation occur,o cer mu t
activatethe WC,unle doing oplace themorother injeopard .Iftheimmediateactivationofthe WCi
notfea i leduetoanimmediateri ktothe afet oftheo cerorother ,theo cerwillactivatethe WCat
the r tavaila leopportunit aftertheimmediatethreatha eenaddre ed.

Thepolic doe notrequireo cer toprovideconcreteju ti cation forfailingtorecord


requiredevent .
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Whilethepolic prohi it o cer fromrecordinginplace wherearea ona leexpectation
ofprivac exi t ,includingpatientcarearea ofhealthcarefacilitie ,thepolic make an
exceptionforcameraactivationforo ciallawenforcementactivit .(3. .4)
The WCwillnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t ( ucha detox,
medical,and/orhealthcarefacilitie ,lockerroom orre troom ,etc.)unle theactivationi forthepurpo eof
o ciallawenforcementactivit ucha acallfor erviceoriftheactivationi requiredpolic ....
a.O cer willonl u ethe WCinpatientcarearea ofahealthcarefacilit and/oram ulance whenthe
recordingi foro cialpurpo e andcaution hould eu edtorecordonl thepartie involvedintheevent
einginve tigated.

Thepolic appear toallowo cer toturno camera whenavictimreque t thatthe


o cer toprecording, utthevaguelanguage doe notnece aril requirethemtodo o.
(3.a.2)
2.Onceplacedin V NTmode,the WCwillremainonandnot eturnedo unle theinitialincidentthat
cau edtheactivationha ta ilized;uponreque tofthevictim;ora ordered a upervi or.

Thepolic allow o cer toturncamera to u eringmodeduringprivateconver ation


withano cer, upervi or,doctor,nur eorparamedic.(3.a.2.c)
c.Oncethe ituationha ta ilized,ifiti nece ar todi cu i ue orconcern withano cer, upervi or,
doctor,nur eorparamedicinprivate,oriftheinformationto econve edi notpartofaninve tigativeca e,
the WCma e witchedto UFF RINGmode.A oona theprivateconver ationi completed,the WC
will ereturnedto V NTmode olonga the ituation tillfall underthede nitionofrequiredu e.O cer
areremindedthatwhenthe WCi placed ackto V NTmode,theprior30 econd ofvideo(noaudio)will
e aved.

Thepolic prohi it o cer fromtakingvideoofanindividual eing trip earched.(3. .5)

5.Priortoconductinga trip earch,theo cerwillrecorda360-degreevideoofthelocationwherethe trip


earchwill econducted.Duringtheactual trip earch,the WCwill eutilizedtoonl captureaudioofthe
event po itioningthecameraawa fromtheindividualto e earched.

Thepolic encourage utdoe notrequireo cer tonotif thepu licthe WCi activated
andrecording.(4.d)
d.O cer areencouragedtonotif thepu licthatthe WCi activatedandrecording.Undermo t
circum tance ,noti cationha howntodi u eincident .However,therema etime thatthi i
impracticalorthatthenoti cationcoulddimini hline ofcommunication.O cerdi cretion hould eutilized
andgenerall favornoti cationovernon-noti cation.

Likewi e,thepolic require o cer toturnonthecameraaudi lealert ignal, utprovide


o cer di cretiontomutethe ignalfortactical ituation .(4. .3)
3.Undernormaloperation,the WC audi lealert ignalmu tremainintheONpo ition.Theaudi lealert
ignalma emutedfortactical ituation ;howevertheaudi lealert ignalmu t eimmediatel reactivated
attheconclu ionofthetacticalportionoftheincident.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Thepolic allow o cer toreviewtheirowncamerafootage eforewritingreport and
encourage o cer tou ethefootagetoen ureaccurac whenwritingreport .
Thepolic require o cer toreceivepriorapprovaltoviewtheirownfootagein
circum tance involvingu eofforceandothercriticalincident .However,in oth
circum tance ,thepolic doe notprohi ito cer fromviewingfootageonceapprovali
granted,andthepolic i ilenta towhetherano cermu t leareportor tatement
eforeviewingthatfootage.(4.e)
e.O cer areauthorizedtoreviewtheirown WCrecordingwhenpreparingo cialwrittendocumentationofa
peci cevent....Theviewingwill eutilizeda atoolwhencompletingwrittenreport toen ureaccurac .The
followingareexception tothea ove:
1.Iftheo ceri involvedin(orwitne to)au eofforceincidentthatperpolic require there pon eofan
InternalA air Divi ioninve tigator,theo cerma eauthorizedtoviewtheir WCrecordingafterthe
InternalA air Divi ioninve tigatorha eencon ulted.Theviewingofan WCrecordingwillonl e
permittedafterreceivingauthorizationfromtheInternalA air Divi ioninve tigatoractingunderthe
directionofthecommanderoftheInternalA air Divi ion.
2.Iftheo ceri involvedin(orwitne to)acriticalincident ucha apolice hooting,anin-cu tod injur
re ultingindeathorothercriticalincidenta de nedintheOperation Manual,theo ceri authorized
toviewtheir WCrecordingonl aftertheapprovalofthecommanderoftheMajorCrime Divi ionor
theirde ignee.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic i notclearhowandwhen toredmediai purged.Thepolic note thatmediai
to epurgedinaccordancewiththecurrentCit andCount ofDenverGeneralRecord
Retention chedule,whichi notreadil availa leonline.(8.a)
a.Allrecorded WCmediawill euploadedandretainedinevidence.cominaccordancewiththecurrent
retention chedule.Theretentionofall WCmediawillcompl withallapplica le tateofColorado tatutor
requirement regardingcriminalju ticerecordmanagementandevidenceretentionandwill e a edupon
thecurrentCit andCount ofDenverGeneralRecord Retention chedule.All WCmediawill epurged
fromthe teminaccordancewiththecurrentretention chedule.

Thecurrent tateofColoradoMunicipalRecord Retention chedule(100.080(AA))


require videorecording madefromo cerrecording
tem to emaintainedfor30da
utdoe not pecif whenthemediamu t edeleted.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Thepolic doe notexplicitl prohi itfootagetampering.Itdoe ,however,inlimited
circum tance ,require upervi or totakepo e ionofthe WCmediaforchainof
cu tod purpo e andtoen urethatthe WCdataremain uncompromi ed.(6. )
.Whenanincidentari e thatrequire theretrievalof WCmediaforchainofcu tod purpo e (including, ut
notlimitedto eriou crime cene ,o cerinvolved hooting ,criticalincident orotherincident a
determined polic / upervi ion)a upervi orwillre pondtothe ceneanden urethatthe WCremain
a xedtotheo cerinthemanneritwa foundandthatthe WCdataremain uncompromi ed.Through
directanduninterrupted upervi ion,the upervi ori re pon i leforthecareandcu tod ofthe WCuntilit
ha eenremovedand ecured theleadinve tigator.

Thepolic re trict acce to toredfootagetoauthorizedu er andre trict footage


viewingtolegitimatelawenforcementoradmini trativepurpo e .(8. )
.Acce toall WC toredmediawill ere trictedtoauthorizedu er andtheviewingofan WCfootagewill
ere trictedtolegitimatelawenforcementoradmini trativepurpo e .

Thepolic al o peci e thataudio,image andmedia hallnot ecopied,relea ed,or


di eminatedwithoutexpre con entfromtheChiefofPolice.(3. .2)
2.Allaudio,image andmediaa ociatedwiththe WCarethepropert oftheDenverPoliceDepartmentand
the eitem arenotto ecopied,relea edordi eminatedinan formormannerout idetheparameter of
thi polic withouttheexpre edwrittencon entoftheChiefofPolice.Undernocircum tance willan
emplo eeoftheDenverPoliceDepartmentmakeaper onalcop ofan recordedeventwithoutthewritten
con entoftheChiefofPolice(e.g.u ingacellulartelephoneorotherrecordingdevicetorecord WCmedia).
Leadinve tigator ma createa econdar cop ofa WCrecording u equenttoano cialinve tigation
andwillen urethatthecop remain attachedtotheca e le.

Thepolic tate thatthe torage oftwarecurrentl u ed


viewinginanonlineaudittrail.(6.f )

theDPDdocument footage

f.Allo cer ,withtherankoflieutenantorhigher,willhaveacce toview WCmediainevidence.comforthe


o cer a ignedtotheirre pectivea ignment ,exceptforca e thathavere trictedacce .Allviewingof
WCmediainevidence.comi documentedinanonlineaudittrail.

Thepolic al oli t monthl u ageaudit ,video torageaudit ,viewingaudit ,andother


audit undera a WC
temAdmini tratorRe pon i ilit .(7.e)
e.A i tingindatacollectionreporting.The ereport include, utarenotlimitedto,monthl u ageaudit ,
video torageaudit ,viewingaudit andotheraudit a reque ted.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint
toviewrelevantfootage,andrefer tothedepartment exi tingpolic onpu licrecord
reque t (OM 109.04and109.05)tomakefootageavaila le.Thedepartment pu lic
record polic doe notappeartotreat WCfootagedi erentl fromotherrecord .(8. -c)
.Acce toall WC toredmediawill ere trictedtoauthorizedu er andtheviewingofan WCfootagewill
ere trictedtolegitimatelawenforcementoradmini trativepurpo e .
c.An reque tfor WCmediamadefromout idetheDenverPoliceDepartment,includingotherlaw
enforcementagencie ,theDi trictorCit Attorne O ce,and/oran cit agenc willcompl with oththe
record di clo ureandrecord managementpolicie ofthedepartment( eeOM 109.04and109.05).

Inaddition,thepolic expre
viewingand(3. .6)

l prohi it o cer frompla ing ack WCfootageforcitizen

6.O cer arenotauthorizedtopla

ack WCrecordedmediaforcitizenviewing.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


TheDenverPDpolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,
facialrecognition)to earchfootage.

DetroitPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$1,000,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015

La tupdated:Jul 20,2016.I thi polic nowpu licl availa le?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


A fara wecantell,DetroitPDha nevermadea WCpolic availa letothepu lic.Detroit
PDha te ted WC intwodi erentpilotprogram :oneinApril2014andanotherfrom
MarchtoJul 2015.DetroitPoliceA i tantChiefJame White a thattheDetroitPDi
u ingcommon en epolicie thatareaccepted e tpractice acro thenation.In
Augu t2015,DetroitMa orMikeDugganandPoliceChiefJame Craigannouncedthat
Detroitwould eimplementingthenation r tlawenforcementvideo
temthatwould
integrate od camera andin-carda h oardcamera ,to egininearl 2016withfull
deplo mentof WC withinthree ear .InMa 2016,theCit ofDetroitannouncedthatthe
DetroitPDwould eginfullroll-outofthe
teminJuneof2016andcomplete
implementation fall2017.

FairfaxCount PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 18,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


TheFairfaxCount PoliceDepartment polic on od worncamera i acce i leviathe
departmentwe ite.Onemu t earch od worncamera onFCPD we iteinorderto
locatethepolic .FCPD mo trecent WCpolic i fromMa 17,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
FCPDrequire thatthe WC hould eu edinallin tance ofpoliceandlawenforcement
re pon e.(IV.1)
Therecording prove ene cialinadmini trativeandcriminalinve tigation andprovideanun ia edaccountof
event .Forthi rea on,the WC hould eu edinallin tance ofpolice/individualcontact andlaw
enforcementre pon e,excepta prohi ited thi polic .

The ituation inwhicho cer arerequiredtoactivatetheir WCinclude , uti not


limitedto,thefollowingcircum tance :(V.A)
1.Priortoan o cerinitiatedper oncontactinvolvingactualorpotentialviolation oflaw,toincludetra c
top , u ject top ,etc.,providedthat uchactivationdoe notinterferewitho cer afet orthe afet of
other ;
2.Whenre pondingtoan callfor ervice,wherere pon edrivingi warranted;
3.Whenengagedinan footcha e,providedtheactivationdoe notinterferewitho cer afet ;
4.Onallcall involving motionall Di tur edPer on ;
5.Whileexecutingwarrantle earche ofindividual ,vehicle , uilding ,andotherplace ;a..Whenpractical,
the WC hould eu edtodocumentthereque tandcon entof uch earche ;
6.Whentaking tatement fromvictim ,witne e , u pect ,ando ender ( eeprivac concern );

7.Todocumentaccidentandcrime cene ,whereappropriate;


8.Duringan other ituationwheretheo cer elieve thattheu eof WCi inthe e tintere tofpu lic
afet .

Onceo cer activatetheir WC,the hall eleftactiveuntiltheeventha concluded.If


theo cerdeactivate the WCthe mu tver all ju tif therea onfordeactivation.
(IV.C)
The WC,onceactivated, hall eleftactiveuntilthepolice/individualcontact,oreventha concluded...Prior
todeactivatingthe WC,o cer houldver all tatewh the are toppingtherecording.

FCPDmandate thato cer mu tprovideanexplanationforfailingtorecordinthenote of


theirreport.(IV. )
Intheeventthatthe WCi notu ed,ori di continuedpriortotheendofanevent,anexplanationforthelack
ofvideo hall edocumentedinthenote eldoftheappropriatereportmodule eingu ed.Ifnomodulei
u ed,theo cer hallmakeanotationinthememo eldofthemo ilecomputeraideddi patchapplication,
explainingthea enceofvideo.Thi documentation houldal oincludethenameofthe upervi orwho
authorized uchdeactivationwhenapplica le.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


FCPD polic doe mentiontheimportanceofper onalprivac , uto er vagueguidance
andleave thedeci iontorecordin en itive ituation uptoo cer di cretion.
(VI.J.1-4)
Additionall , omeinteraction theirver natureare en itiveanddi cretion hould eu edwhen
determiningwhetherornotthe eevent houldrecorded.The et pe ofincident donotoccuroften,and
include, utarenotlimitedto:
1.Interview withtho ewi hingtoprovidecon dentialinformation;
2.Complainant whodonotwi hto eidenti ed;
3.Victim andwitne e ofcrime ,whowi htoprotecttheiridentit ;
4.In tance involvingjuvenile .

Thepolic in truct o cer toinformindividual thatthe are eingrecordedwhen


practical.(VII.A)
Wheno cer arerecordingper on ,inlocation wheretheper on houldhavearea ona leexpectationof
privac (i.e.home, u ine o cenotopentothepu lic,re troom,lockerroom,etc.),theo cer hould,when
practical,informtheper onthatthe are eingrecorded.1.The4thAmendmentprotect people,andprovide
themwitharea ona leexpectationofprivac fromgovernmentintru ion

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
FCPD polic doe notaddre ,andthereforedoe notprohi it,o cer fromviewingthe
WCrecording eforetheirinitialreport.
Limit RetentionofFootage
FCPD tate thatallrecording notrequiredto upportknowninve tigation orlitigation
aredeletedafter30da .(XII.A)
Video/audiorecording notrequiredto upportknowninve tigation orlitigation :retainfor30da after
recording,thendelete.

Thepolic detail retentionperiod forrecording thatdontfallintothea ovecategor .


However,wehave omere ervation a outtra c top eingcategoricall aggedfor
longerretentionperiod ,ratherthanonl aggingtho e top re ultinginamore

igni cantencounter.(XII. )
.Video/audionotfallingintoeitherofthea ovecategorie :
Tra c top :190da
Arre t:190da
U eofForce:190da
Pur uit:190da
Tran port:100da
Inve tigation:100da
u ject top:100da
Te t/training/other:100da
Admini trativeInve tigation:Inde nitel

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


FairfaxCount PDexpre l for id o cer frommanipulat[ing]ordelet[ing]an
informationcollected the WC.(IV.F)
O cer hallnotmanipulate,o truct,interrupt,ordeletethe WCdevice' videoand/oraudiorecording
duringmandator u e ituation ,unle tatedotherwi eherein.

FCPDfail to pecif whoi authorizedtoacce theinformationfromthe WC.Thepolic


al odoe notindicatethatallacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
FCPD polic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct
complaint toreviewfootage.
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
FCPD polic place nolimit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.facialrecognition)
toidentif individual infootage.

Fa ettevillePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$530,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 21,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Fa ettevillePoliceDepartmentpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onit
we iteunderWrittenDirective andOperatingProcedure .Themo trecentpolic i
OperatingProcedure3.24,whichwa i uedonDecem er18,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Fa ettevillePDprovide anexten iveli tofevent thato cer mu trecord.(3.24.5.A- ;
3.24.5)
3.24.5ACTION R QUIRINGMANDATORYR CORDING
A.Thi operatingprocedurei notintendedtode cri eever po i le ituationinwhichthe WC hould e
u ed,althoughthereareman ituation whereit u ei appropriate.However,ano cer hallactivate
the WCduringthefollowingcircum tance ,unle overwhelmingl extenuatingcircum tance prevent
theactivationofa WC:
1.Tra c top ;
2.Priorit re pon e and/orre pon e requiring luelight and iren;
3.Vehiclepur uit ;
4. u piciou per on /vehiclecontact ;
5.Arre t ,detainment orprotectivefri k (per on andvehicle );
NOT :Duringanarre t,O cer ma onl deactivatetheir WCuntilaftertheindividuali placedinto
apatrolvehiclewherethein-carcameraha eenactivated.
6.Warrantle earche ofindividual , uilding ,vehicle (includingK-9 ni )andotherplace
7.Ph icalorver alconfrontation ;
8.Dome ticviolencecall ;
9.DWIinve tigation ;
10.Footpur uit ;
11.Advi inganindividualoftheirMirandawarning whilenotinanFPDinterviewroom;
12.Crime inprogre ;
13.Contactwithdi traught,di orderl ,argumentative,emotionall di tur edper on orangr

per on ;
14.Plannedanddeli erate RTOperation , ituation which ecomed namicinnatureand/oratthe
directionoftheChiefofPolice, RTCommander or RT upervi or ;
15.During earchwarrantexecution whenthe tructureorareaha notpreviou l eenrendered afe
and ecure;
16.An other ituationwhichcouldre ultinpotentialadver arialcondition orlia ilit fortheo cer,
FPDorCit ofFa etteville.
.Iftherei an dou tintheo cer mindwhethera ituation hould erecorded,theo cer houldoptto
recordtheevent.
3.24.4G N RALOP RATION
A.Allcontact andactivitie otherthantho enoteda mandator arecon ideredoptionalandma e
recordedatthedi cretionoftheindividualo cerandallrecording houldcontinuewithoutinterruption
untilthecontactend ,iffea i le.
.A WCrecording hall e toppedduringnon-enforcementactivitie ucha tra ccontrol,criminal
inve tigation orwhennoadver arialevent areongoing.Anexampleofthi would ethetimeinwhicha
callfor erviceorotherde nedrecordingeventchange fromadver arialtoafact ndingcontactor
follow-upinve tigation.However,o cer hould epreparedtoactivatetheir WC ifthe ituation
change .

FPD polic mandate thato cer houldactivatetheir WCatthe r trea ona le


opportunit .(3.24.4.C)
C.O cer houldactivatethe WCatthe r trea ona leopportunit ,unle animmediatethreattothe
o cer lifeor afet make activatingthe WCimpo i leordangerou ,inwhichca etheo cer hould
activatethe WCa oona po i le.Additionalarrivingo cer equippedwitha WC houldactivatetheir
camera uponarrivaltoanincidentrequiringarecording.

Thepolic doe notrequireo cer toprovideconcreteju ti cationforfailingtorecord


event .However,an o cerwhointentionall di a le their WCi u jectto
di ciplinar action .(3.24.2.F)
F.An o cerwhointentionall di a le an partofthevideorecordingortran mittingequipment,orwhofail to
activatethe tema required thi operatingprocedure thi operatingprocedure,will e u jectto
criminaland/oradmini trativedi ciplinar action .

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


FPD polic mention theimportanceofper onalprivac concern , utthepolic doe not
requireinformedcon entfromvulnera leindividual .Thepolic peci e that WC hould
not eu edin athroom ,healthcarefacilitie ,oran otherplacewheretherei an
expectationofprivac .(3.24.4.D, ,G,H)
D.Unle pre entinano cialpolicecapacit ,the WC houldnot eu edin athroom ,lockerroom,orother
placewheretherei anexpectationofprivac .
.The WC houldnot eu edtodocumentcrime cene orincu tod interview andinterrogation .The WC
houldnot eu edwheninteractingwithknowncon dentialinformant orundercovero cer .
...
G.The WCwill eturnedo whenenteringan police uildingor u

tation.

H.Toaidintheprotectionoftherighttoprivac ,o cer hallnotrecordwhile:


1.Inapatientcareareaofahealthcarefacilit ,unle thepatient ecome adver arialwiththeo ceror
other andapotentialpoliceactionma erequired.Iftheneedtorecorddoe ari e,o cer hallonl
recordforlawenforcementpurpo e andwillnotrecordan patient/doctorconver ation ;
...
5.Havingdi cu ion withattorne ,peer upportcoun elor ,doctor ,etc.;
...

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Fa ettevillePD WCpolic doe notmentionwhethero cer arepermittedtoview
relevantfootage efore linganinitialwrittenreportor tatement.Per onnelarerequired
todocumentintheirreport whena WCwa utilized.(3.24.6)

A.Per onnel halldocumentintheirincidentreport , upplementalreport ,citation ,a davit and eld


interview thata WCwa utilized.
.Iti there pon i ilit ofthemem erdownloadingavideo letoidentif an digital lea ociatedwithan
inve tigation.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Whilethepolic reference aretentionperiodfordigitalrecording ,itdoe not pecif
whetherun aggedfootagemu t edeletedaftertheendoftheretentionperiod.(3.24.9)
Digitalrecording will emaintainedand toredontheFPD on-line torageaccount(www.evidence.com)for
thede ignatedtime, a edonactivationcla i cation.Digitalrecording ofthefollowingt pe of
incidence / cene will ecla i ed theo cerutilizingtheta le elowwiththemo tappropriate
cla i cationtitle :
Categor

Retention chedule

Non-CitizenInvolvement

29Da

FieldContact /Non-CriminalO en e

45Da

Tra c topWarning(writtenorver al)

45Da

Tra c top-Infraction

45Da

Tra c top-Mi demeanor

1095Da (3Year )

Tra c top-Felon

3650Da (10Year )

CriminalInve tigation-NonFelon

1095Da (3Year )

CriminalInve tigation-Felon

3650Da (10Year )

InternalA air

22555Da (7Year )

1.Non-CitizenInvolvement:Videothatdoe notcontaininteractionwithacitizen, u pectora ociatedwith


an othercategor .(example :te tvideo,accidentalactivation[ ic])
...
2.FieldContact /Non-CriminalO en e :Interactionwithacitizenthatdoe notre ultinacriminalcharge.
3.InternalA air :Allvideoa ociatedwithaninternalinve tigation hould ecategorizeda uch,unle the
u pecti chargedwithafelon ,if o,it hould ecategorizedappropriatel .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Thepolic doe notexpre l prohi itfootagetamperingorunauthorizedacce .
mplo ee ando cer areprohi itedfromcop ingordi eminatingan footagetononPFDemplo ee .(3.24.8.A- )
A.The WCandallvideo le arethepropert oftheFPDandwill eonl eu edforlawenforcementpurpo e
inaccordancewithapplica lelawanddepartmentalpolic . mplo ee /O cer areprohi itedfromu ingan
devicetocop ,photographorrecordthepla ackofan video/audiodata a WCotherthanforo cial
policepurpo e
. mplo ee /O cer areprohi itedfromdi eminatingorperformingan t peofpla acktonon-FPD
emplo ee ,unle theemplo eeperformingthedi eminationorpla ackha receivedauthorizationfrom
theChiefofPoliceorFPDPoliceAttorne andinaccordancewithallapplica lelaw anddepartmentalpolic .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint
toviewrelevantfootage. upervi or areonl requiredtocategorizean footagea
a ociatedwithan citizencomplaintpriortotheendoftheo cer hift.(3.24.3.D)
3.24.3 UP RVI ORYR

PON I ILITY

...
D. n urean videoa ociatedwithan citizencomplaintorinternalinve tigationi properl categorized
theendoftheo cer hift.
3.24.8DUPLICATIONANDDI TRI UTIONOFR CORDING
...
C.Recording thatareNOTcla i eda pu licrecordpur uanttoNorthCarolina tateLawwillonl e

giventoattorne uponthepre entationofavalidcourtorderi ued acourtwithappropriate


juri diction.Onl tho eportion oftherecordingrelevanttotheincidentwill efurni hed.
...
F.TheDi trictAttorne (DA)O cewill u mitareque tfor WCvideothroughtheDALiai onO cer,or
hi /herde ignee,inthe amemannera otherevidencereque t are u mitted.
G.AllPu licDefender andPrivateAttorne will u mitareque tthroughtheCum erlandCount Di trict
Attorne O ce,whichwillinturndi eminatethevideoevidencetothePu lic/PrivateAttorne attheir
di cretionandinaccordancewithalle ta li hedlaw andprocedure .
H.An FPDemplo eereceivinga u poenaorcourtorderforcopie of WCdata hallcontacttheFPD
PoliceAttorne O ceandadvi ethemoftheorder.Novideowill erelea eda entacourtorder
unle otherwi edirected theChiefofPolice,orhi /herde ignee.
I.Allpu licrecordreque t hall ereferredtotheInternalA air Unitand/orPoliceAttorne O cefor
action.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Fa ettevillePDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Fergu onPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Fergu onPDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,aver ionofit polic
wa foundonlinefromthe t.Loui Po t-Di patch.Thi polic i e ectiveAugu t28,2014,
andi themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionwecould nd.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Fergu onPDrequire o cer torecordcontact withthegeneralpu licwhileperforming
o cialpatroldutie .(481.05.A)
A. od -worncamerarecorder will eu edatalltime torecordcontact withthegeneralpu lic

1.Ano cerperforminghi /hero cialpatroldutie (e.g.motori tandpede triancontact , eldinterview ,


call for ervice,etc.),or
2.Adetectiveperforminghi /hero cialdutie (e.g.interview ,interrogation ,inve tigation ,etc.)

utthepolic doe not pecif wheno cer ma turno theircamera ,nordoe itrequire
o cer toprovideconcreteju ti cation whenthe failtorecord.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Fergu onPDdoe notaddre

per onalprivac concern .

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Fergu onPDdoe notaddre
lingtheirinitialreport .

,andthu doe notprohi it,o cerreviewoffootage efore

Limit RetentionofFootage
Fergu onPDdoe notaddre

,andthu doe notrequire,thedeletionofan footage.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Fergu onPDdoe notexpre

l prohi itfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Fergu onPDdoe notexpre
complaint toviewfootage.

l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Fergu onPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

FortWorthPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 13,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Thereappearto etwopolic document governingFortWorthPD u eof WC ,andFort
WorthPDdoe notpu li heitherdocumentonit we ite.Welocated othdocument on
the ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Onedocumenti titled
O cer-WornDigitalRecordingDevice tandardOperatingProcedure( tandard
OperatingProcedure)anddatedMarch7,2014.Theotherdocumenti FortWorthPD
GeneralOrder ,whichcontainaGeneralOrderonO cer-WornDigitalRecordingDevice
(GeneralOrder).TheOrdermainl re tate the tandardOperatingProcedure, utal o
include additionalrequirement .
AphonecalltotheFortWorthPDonMarch3,2016con rmedthat oththeGeneralOrder
and tandardOperatingProcedurecurrentl governthedepartment u eof od worn
camera . ince othdocument cro -referenceeachother,thetwodocument eemto
operateconcurrentl togoverntheFortWorthPD u eof od camera .
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
othFortWorthPDdocument providenearl identicalli t of peci ccircum tance that
mu t erecorded.Thepolicie li trelativel few electiveincident thato cer are
requiredtorecordanddonotexplicitl tatewheno cer mu tactivatetheircamera in
the ecircum tance .(II.A.1-6, .1-2;506.03.L-M)
A.Thedigitalrecordingdevice hould eactivatedunderthefollowingcircum tance :
1.Collectionofevidencethatcan eu edinthepro ecutionofcriminalo en e ;
2.Recordingcontact withthepu licinconnectionwithinve tigation wherelawenforcementactionwill
potentiall etaken;
3.Pur uit vehicleandonfoot;
4. xecutionofcon ent earche ;
5.Inve tigatingcall involvingmentall di tre edper on ;and

6.Documentationofaccidentorcrime cene ,etc.


.O cer whoconductor upervi eplannedtacticalentr operation hallen urethatatlea tonedigital
recordingdevicei wornandactivatedduringit execution.Thi al oapplie toFortWortho cer whoare
mem er ofotherta kforce .D namica wella deli erateoperation arecovered thi mandate.
1.D namicentr i de neda rapidentr andmovementthroughatargetlocationwiththeintentofquickl
overwhelmingan potentialthreat and/orpreventingthede tructionofcontra and.
2.Deli erateentr ( lowClear)i de neda theentr intoandmethodicalmovementthroughatarget
locationwiththeintentofidentif ingand ecuringpotentialthreat .

Thepolicie allowo cer relativel widedi cretiontoturno camera whenthepurpo e


foractivationi nolongerpre ent.Thepolicie dorequireo cer toju tif theirdeci ion
todeactivaterecordingver all oncamera.(II.C.1-5;506.03N.1-5)
C.O cer ma deactivatethedigitalrecordingdevicewhenthepurpo eforactivationi nolongerpre ent.
O cer hallver all tatewh the arechoo ingtodeactivatethedigitalrecordingdevicepriortodoing o.
Al o,temporar deactivationma occurwhen:
1. xchangingNCIC/TCIC,DP orotherlawenforcement en itivedataeitherinper onorviathepolice
radioorMDC;
2.Facilitatingdi cu ionoftrainingi ue oroperation trategie ;
3. haringinformation ucha telephonenum er orper onalinformationwithanothero cer;
4.Conductingconver ation containingprivilegedinformation(i.e.communicationwithClerg andPolice
Alliance/Mini ter Again tCrime,PolicePeerCoun elor ,Attorne ,etc.);and
5.Whenauthorized a upervi ororcommanderwhodetermine thatcontinuedrecordingofanincident
i notrequiredtomeettheo jectiveoftheO cer-WornDigitalRecordingDeviceGeneralOrderthat
corre pond withthi OP.Theauthorizing upervi ororcommander hould eidenti edinthe
appropriatereportnarrative.

Neitherpolic require o cer toprovideconcreteju ti cation forfailingtorecord


requiredevent .
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Neitherdocumentexplicitl require o cer tonotif u ject thatthecamerai recording
ortoo taininformedcon entfromvulnera leindividual , ucha victim of excrime ,
eforerecordinginteraction .
Whilethe tandardOperatingProceduredoe notrequireo cer todeactivatecamera
whilein en itivelocation orcircum tance ,theGeneralOrderprohi it o cer from
recordingfootageofpatientcarearea ofmedicalfacilitie unle thefootagei foro cial
police u ine ucha acriminalinve tigation,a wella fromrecordingjuvenile unle
there ultingfootagewould eevidentiar innaturea authorized theFamil Code.
However,neitherre trictioni frameda are pon etoper onalprivac concern .(506.03
O.6-7)
O.O cer hallnot:
...
6.Createrecording inpatientcarearea ofmedicalfacilitie unle therecordingi foro cialpolice
u ine ucha acriminalinve tigation,d ingdeclaration,HorizontalGazeN tagmu (HGN)oninjured
driver ,ora peci ccallforpolice ervice.
7.Intentionall recordjuvenile unle evidentiar innaturea authorized theFamil Code.
8.Wearano cer-worndigitalrecordingdeviceintoa[...]courtroom[...]
a.O cer donothavetoremovetheirdigitalrecordingdevicewhenin[...]pu licmeeting orwhenin
cla room unle te tingwill eincluded;however,thedevice hall edeactivatedunle the
in tructororfacilitatorha authorizedthedeviceto eactivatedduringthemeeting[...]

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
TheFortWorthPD tandardOperatingProceduredoe notprohi ito cer fromviewing
footagepriortowritingtheirincidentreport ,andtheGeneralOrderexplicitl permit
o cer toviewthefootagetoa i twithwritingtheirreport .(506.03. )

O cer ma u emediacapturedviatheo cer-worndigitalrecordingdevicetoa i twiththeinve tigation


andcompletionofreport .

Limit RetentionofFootage
othpolicie requirede tructionofalluncategorized WCfootageafter180da
506.03W.1)

.(IV. ;

.DM [DigitalMultimedia vidence]on vidence.comthatwa categorizeda CriminalorAdmini trativewill


ekeptforaminimumof2 ear .UncategorizedDM will ede tro edafter180da .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


TheFortWorthPD tandardOperatingProcedure ugge t thattamperingwith WC
recording ma con tituteacriminalo en eand/oranadmini trativeviolation utdoe
notexpre l prohi ittamperingwithfootage.(LegalA pect )
Unle peci call authorized thi orderordoneinaccordancewiththeCit DocumentRetention chedule,
tamperingwithevidence(including, utnotlimitedto,alteration,overwriting,era ureorothere ort to
purpo el de tro ormodif an recording )ma con tituteacriminalo en eand/oranadmini trative
violation.Violationofan portionofthi OPma leadtodi ciplinar action.
U eofdigitalrecordingdevice foran otherpurpo ethaninaccordancewiththi OPi prohi ited.

Ontheotherhand,theGeneralOrderexplicitl prohi it acce ing,cop ing,editing,or


relea ingfootagewithoutproperauthorit .Thepolic for id o cer from howingfootage
tonon- wornper onnelwithoutthepermi ionoftheo cer immediate uperior
excepttogovernmentemplo ee directl involvedininve tigation relatedto peci c
footage.Theorderal o an o cer fromuploading WCfootagetoan t peof ocial
media.(506.03 ;O.4-5)
.Alldigitalmultimediaevidence(DM )thati capturedduringthe copeofano cer dutie i propert ofthe
FortWorthPoliceDepartmentandi u jecttoCit , tateandpolicedepartmentpolicie regardingviewing,
relea e,retentionandde truction.DM hallnot econvertedforper onalu e.Acce ing,cop ing,editing
orrelea ingrecording ordepiction ofrecording withoutproperauthorit and/orapprovali trictl
prohi ited.
...
O.O cer hallnot:
...
4.Allownon- wornper onneltoviewtheDM withoutpermi ionfromtheo cer immediate upervi or.
Governmentalemplo ee whoaredirectl involvedintheinve tigationand/orpro ecutionofacriminal
ca erelatedtotheDM orwhoworkinInternalA air areexemptfromthi provi ion.
5.Uploadorconvertdigitalrecording foru eonan t peof ocialmedia.

The tandardOperatingProcedureexpre l for id o cer andotherindividual from


viewingfootagewithoutneed-to-knowauthorization.(III.F)
F.Theper onalu eand/orretentionofDM e ondthe copeofthi OPi expre l prohi ited.Thi include
unauthorizedviewing per onnelthatdonothave peci cneed-to-knowauthorizationtoacce the
recording .

Neitherdocumentexplicitl require thatallacce


audited.

torecordedfootage eloggedor

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


TheFortWorthPDpolicie rel onTexa lawgoverningtherelea eofpu licrecord tomake
footageavaila le.Nothingineitherdocumentallow complainant toviewfootagerelevant
totheircomplaint.(LegalA pect ,IV.I;506.03Y)

DM [DigitalMultimedia vidence]recorded thedigitalrecordingdevice i con ideredto eano cial


recordoftheCit ofFortWorthandi u jecttothePu licInformationActa wella theCit Record
RetentionPolic .Pu licInformationreque t for uchDM hall ehandleda directedinGeneralOrder
212.05(c)andthePu licInformationAct.
...
I.All toredDM i u jecttorelea einaccordancewiththeTexa Pu licInformationAct.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


TheFortWorthPDpolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie
(e.g.,facialrecognition)to earchfootage.

Fre noPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 8,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Fre noPDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,themo trecentpu licl
availa lepolic (Polic 450)wa foundfoundonthe ureauofJu ticeA i tance od
WornCameraToolkitandwa madee ectiveonJanuar 20,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Fre noPDprovide li tof ituation thato cer areexpectedtorecord, utthepolic
doe notappeartorequirerecording,nordoe itprovidegeneralguidancefor ituation
thatdonotfallintoincludedcategorie .(450.3)
3.ACTIVATIONOFTH R CORD RO cer hallpo itiontheircameratofacilitateoptimumrecording eldof
view.O cer houldactivatetheircamera tema oona practicaluponencounteringthe elowt pe of
event .However,atnotime houldano cerjeopardizehi /her afet ,orthe afet ofan othero cer,to
activatearecordingdevice.
Guideline forActivationofAXONcamera O cer areexpectedtorecordinteraction including, utnot
limitedto,thefollowing:
(a)Arre t anddetention ,or ituation whereano cerrea ona l elieve the wille ectanarre tor
detention(toincludetra c top andcon en ualencounter madewiththeintenttodeveloprea ona le
u piciontodetain);
( )O cer a i tinginanarre tordetention ituation;
(c)Confrontationalinteraction withcitizen ;
(d)Vehicleandfootpur uit ;
(e)Forcedentrie , earchwarrant andwarrantle earche (includingvehicle );
...
(f) u pectinterrogation (includingMirandaadvi ement)andwitne interview ;
(g)Interview ofvictim andwitne e .
Videorecordingofindividual whoarepicketing,engagedinpeacefulprote torFir tAmendmentprotected
peechwill eavoidedunle theo cer elieve aviolationofcriminallawi occurring,ma occur,orifthe
o cerinteract withaparticipantorthirdpart totheevent.

Thepolic doe not pecif wheno cer ma turno theircamera ,exceptintheca eof
forcedentrie and earche .(450.3.e.1)
1.Whenentr i madewithorwithoutawarrant,allo cer houldactivatetheircamera priortomakingentr
andcontinuerecordinguntilthe ceneha een ecured.Oncethelocationi ecure,andnoother
circum tance warrantrecording,o cer ma deactivatetheircamera .

Wheno cer toprecordingorfailtorecordarequiredincident,therei norequirementto


provideaconcreteju ti cation.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Fre noPDdoe notaddre per onalprivac concern ,ando cer arenotrequiredto
notif individual thatthecamerai recording.(450.3)
450.3.KNOWL DG OFR CORDINGPC632prohi it an individualfrom urreptitiou l recordingan
conver ationinwhichan part totheconver ationha area ona le eliefthattheconver ationwa privateor
con dential,howeverPC633expre l exempt lawenforcementfromthi prohi itionduringthecour eofa
criminalinve tigation.
An wornmem erma urreptitiou l recordconver ation duringthenormalcour eofdut foracriminal
inve tigationinwhichthe wornmem errea ona l elieve that ucharecordingwill e ene cialtothe
inve tigation.
(a)An wornmem ercontactinganindividual u pectedofviolatingan laworduringthecour eofan
o ciallawenforcementrelatedactivit hall epre umedto eengagedinacriminalinve tigation.Thi
pre umption hallnotappl tocontact withother wornmem er conducted olel foradmini trative
purpo e .
( )An individualcontacted a wornDepartmentmem erwearingacon picuou l mountedrecording
devicewill edeemedtohaveknowledgethat uchacontacti eingrecorded.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Fre noPDdoe notaddre
lingtheirinitialreport .

,andthu doe notprohi it,o cerreviewoffootage efore

Limit RetentionofFootage
Fre noPDdoe notaddre

,andthu doe notrequire,thedeletionofan footage.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Fre noPDprohi it o cer frommakingper onalu eoffootage, utdoe notaddre
tamperingorunauthorizedacce tofootage.Thepolic al odoe notindicatethatacce
torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(450.2)
450.2R CORDING
...
mplo ee hallnoto tainorconvertan recording o tainedduringthecour eand copeoftheirdutie for
per onalu e.Thefollowingare peci call prohi ited:
Per onalcopie ofo cialrecording ;
Re-recordingofvideo withper onaldevice ;
Po tingofo cialvideoand/oraudiotoan non-Department pon ored ocialnetworkingorotherwe
ite;
Po tingofAXONrecording onan Department pon ored itewithoutexpre permi ionfromthe
ChiefofPoliceorhi de ignee(an videopo tedonaDepartment pon ored ocialmediaorotherwe
itewillthereafter econ ideredpu licinformation).

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Fre noPDrelie onCalifornia pu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,anddoe not
expre l allowcomplainant toviewrelevantfootage.(450.3)

450.3R VI WANDR L A

OFR CORDING

...
Therelea eofvideocaptured theAXONcameratoan thirdpart will eproce edinamannercon i tent
withapplica lelaw,currentdi cover reque tpractice andtheprovi ion ofPolic 810.Whencriminal
charge are eing oughtinaca e,allrelatedrecording will eprovidedtotheDi trictAttorne o ce.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Fre noPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Hou tonPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 21,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Hou tonPDmaintain adedicatedwe pagea outit WCprogram,whichinclude it mo t
recentpu licl availa ledraft WCpolic (datedMarch24,2016).
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Hou tonPDrequire o cer torecordan lawenforcementrelatedactivitie .(9;11)
9ACTIVATIONOF WC QUIPM NT
The WCha threemode :o , tand ,andevent.Normall ,whileperformingroutinematter andpriorto
participatinginan lawenforcementrelatedactivitie O cer hallkeepthe WCon tand mode.
O cer hallplacethe WCineventmodetorecordalllawenforcement-relatedactivitie .Thi requirement
applie toallo cer engagedinalawenforcementactivit ,whetherthe arede ignateda aprimar or
econdar unit.The WC hall eactivatedwhileo cer areactinginalawenforcementcapacit ,priorto
actualcontactwithacitizen( ),ora oona iti afetodo o.O cer hallcontinuerecordinguntilthelaw
enforcementactivit i completedoruntiltherei area on,a permitted thi polic ,todeactivatethe WC.
O cer hallactivatetheir WCequipmentpriortodoingan ofthefollowing(thefollowingi anonexhau tiveli t):
a.Arrivingon cenetoan callfor ervice.
. elf-initiatingan lawenforcementactivit .
c.Initiatingatra corpede trian top.
d.Re pondingtoacitizenwho ag themdown.
e.Detaining,arre ting,orattemptingtodetainorarre taper on.
f.Conductingan earch,includingtho eofpeople,vehicle , uilding ,andplace .
g.Tran portingan per onfromonelocationtoanother,includingpri oner andpa enger .
h.Interviewingwitne e andcomplainant .
i. ngaginginan vehicularorfootpur uit.
O cer hallrecordduringtheexecutionofan earchwarrant,orarre twarrant,andduringacon ent earch
includingtheo cer reque tforcon entandtheper on' re pon eto uchreque t.

O cer equippedwitha WC hallrecordallpri onerorpa engertran port ,regardle ofthegenderofthe


pri onerorpa enger.Theentiretran port hall erecordedthroughthetran ferofcu tod tojailper onnel,
placementintoaholdingcell,orcompletionofthepa engertran port.
Whenapri oneri tran ported atwo-manunit, otho cer hall erequiredtorecordwiththe WCduring
thetran port.Inordertodocumentthetran portofthepri onerorpa engero cer ma electtoturntheir
WC othatthe facethe ack eatofthevehicleduringtran port.
Wheneverano cerengage inavehicularorfootpur uit,the WC hallimmediatel eactivated, olonga it
i afetodo o, othattheincidentcan ecapturedfrominceptionthrough naldi po ition.
Thedepartmentvalue thetru toftho eper onwhochoo etocon dentiall a i tinit e ort topre erve
thepeaceandenforcethelaw.O cer hallnotknowingl recordper on whocon dentiall provide
informationforlawenforcementpurpo e .
...
O cer ma , utarenotrequiredto,recordinformalorca ualencounter withmem er ofthepu lic.O cer
hallcon iderthatrecordingpeoplein omecircum tance ma inhi itthe haringofinformationorimpairthe
developmentandmaintenanceof trongtie etweenmem er ofthecommunit ando cer .
Innon-confrontational ituation ,emplo ee houldinformcomplainant andwitn e the are eing
recorded.(e.g.interviewingacomplainantina urglar or MV).O cer ma exerci etheirdi cretiona to
whethertodeactivatetheir WC during uchnon-confrontationalencounter unle the ceneinvolvedfamil
violence.O er hallaudi l notetherea onfortheterminationoftherecordingpriortodeactivatingtheir
WC .
Thereman etime whenano ceri interactingwihacitizenandtheirdi cu ion ecome unexpectedl
contentiou .A oona ano cerdetermine thatthi i likel tooccurori occuring,theo cer hall
immediatel activatehi WC.
11D ACTIVATIONOF ODYWORNCAM RA QUIPM NT
...
Deactivatinga WCtocea erecordinganeventi governed thefollowingguideline .Inmo tcircum tance ,
ano cer WCma edeactivatedoncethefollowingaretrue:
a.Allarre t have eenmadeandarre tee have eentran portedfromthe ceneandaccepted
per onnel,orplacedintoajailholdingcell

jail

.Allwitne e andvictim have eeninterviewed;and


c.Allcontact withthepu liconthe cenearecompleted.
O cer ma al odeactivatetheir WC a inaccordancewithothercircum tance permitted
Order.

thi General

xceptwhenhandlingafamil violenceincident,o cer ma exerci etheirdi cretiona towhetherto


deactivatetheir WC duringnon-confrontationalencounter .O cer hallaudi l notetherea onforthe
terminationoftherecordingpriortodeactivatingtheir WC .
...
O cer ma deactivatethe WCwhenconferringwithotherper onnelregardinghandlingofanincident,atthe
cene ofextendedincident ,orwhennoenforcementactioni occurring, ut hallaudi l notetherea onfor
termination.O cer hallproperl cla if theirrecording whenthe topeachindividualrecording(if
applica le).

O cer mu tprovideaconcreteju ti cationifthe failtorecordarequiredevent.(10)


Ano cer' ju ti cationforfailingtoactivatethe od worncamera ecau eiti un afe,unreali tic,or
impractica lei a edonwhetherarea ona leo cerunderthe ameor imilarcircum tance wouldhave
madethe amedeci ion.
Ifatan timeano ceri requiredtoactivatehi WCandfail todo o,orinano ceri una letoactivatehi
WCinatimel mannera required thi polic ,theo cer hallimmediatel aftertheconclu ionof aid
event,u ethe WCtorecordtheirexplanationorrea oninga towh the WCwa notactivated.Theo cer
hallnotif their upervi orwhenthe e ituation occur.
Iftheeventde cri edintheprecedingparagraphrequire ano certoproduceanincidentreportornote toa
call lip,anexplanationofwh the WCwa notactivated hallal o eincludedinthedocumentation.
Ifthedepartment ecome awareofano cer' failuretoactivatehi WCthrough upervi or review,random
audit,courtdi cover ,orothermean ,theo cerma e u jecttodi ciplinar action.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Hou tonPDallow o cer toexerci edi cretiontoturno theircamera withvictim , ut
o cer arenotrequiredtoturno thecamera olel atthedemandofacitizen
(pre uma l ,includingcrimevictim ).(9)

O cer are ometime calledupontore pondto cene whereper on ,includingwitne e andcomplainant,


ma have eentraumatized(e.g.a ceneofa exuala ault).Whileo cer areencouragedtou etheir WC
wheniti prudenttodo o,the ma u etheirdi cretioninchoo ingtodi continuearecodingwhichmight
inhi ittheira ilit too tainafullandcandid tatementfromacomplainantotwitne .Infurtheranceoftru t
andcooperationofvictim whoma have eentraumatized,o cer hallre pondinare pectfuland upportive
mannerand econ iderateofthefactthat omevictim ma not ecomforta ledi cu ingthefact oftheir
ituationwhile eingrecorded.

O cer houldexerci ecautioninmedicalandp


room andlockerroom .(11)
11PRIVACYCONC RN ANDADVI

chiatricfacilitie ,re troom ,dre

ing

M NT

O cer arenotrequiredtoinitiateorcea erecordinganevent, ituation,orcircum tance olel atthe


demandofacitizen.However,therearecircum tance inwhicho cer needtoexerci ecautionintheu eof
their WC .
MedicalandP chiatricFacilitie :
O cer hall hall econ iderateofapatient' privac wheninmedicalfacilitie .
O cer areremidedthat,regardle ofthe etting,whenthe conftontaviolentora aultive u pect,or
anticipatean i eofforce,o cer hall,when afel a letodo o,activatetheir WC torecordtheevent
Re troom ,Dre ingRoom ,LockerRoom :
WCrecording hallnot eu edin idere troom ,dre ingroom ,orlockerroom unle o cer are
enteringinre pon etoanemergenc oracrimeinprogre ;therei rea onto elievethata u pecti till
in idethelocation;orotherexigentcircum tance exi t.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Hou tonPDexpre l allow o cer toviewfootagewhilecompletingtheirreport ,
includinginu eofforceandweapondi chargeincident .Whilethepolic tate that
homicideinve tigator hallhavetheauthorit tocla if avideorecordinga
Con dentialitdoe not tateunderwhatcondition thatlimit review.Thepolic require
o cer todocumentwhetherthe viewedarecordingpriortocompletingarelatedreport.
(12;17;19)
12 P CIALCIRCUM TANC
...
U eofForceIncident
...Whenfea i le,ano cerinvolvedinau eofforceincidentma , uti notrequiredto,reviewthe WC
recording eforecompletinghi incidentreport...
Incident involvingdeadl force, eriou odil injur ,orallegation of eriou mi conductcapturedon WC
hall ehandleddirectl theHomicideDivi ionorInternalA air Divi ioninve tigatoronthe cene.
HomocideDivi ionandInternalA ait Divi ioneach hallhavetheauthorit tocla if avideorecordinga
'Con dential.'
WeaponDi charge :
An o cerinvolvedinaweapon di charge hall eallowedtoreviewvideocaptured
priorto eingcompelledtogivea tatement.

hi WCatthe cene

17DOCUM NTATIONWITHININCID NTR PORT


...
Inincident requiringano certocompleteanincidenreport,o cer hallen ureeach WCrecordingi
documentedwithintheincidentreport electingtheappropriateoptionintheRM drop-downmenu.In
in tance whereno WCi availa le,o cer hall electNo WC.Inin tancewheretherei a WCrecording
thatha eenreviewed theo cerpriortocompletinghi report,theo cer hall elect' WC-Reviewed'.In
in tance wheretherei a WCrecordingavaila le uttheo cercompletingthereportha notreviewedthe
videopriortocompletinghi report,theo cer hall elect' WC-NotReviewed.'
Thefactthatarecordingwa made hallal o edocumentedonan othercorre poningdocumentation
including, utnotlimitedto,an ofthefollowing,cra hreport,VehiclePur uitform,Conducted nerg Device
(C D)report,U eofForcereport,etc.
...
19R VI WING WCDIGITAL VID NC
...
mplo eeReview :
O cer hall emindfulofhowdigitalevidencei u efulincompletingincidentreport .O cer ma , utare

notrequiredtoreviewa WCrecording eforecompletinganinitialreport.


O cer hallviewtheirowndigitalevidencee peciall priortoprovidingte timon athearing ,trial ,or
depo ition .

Limit RetentionofFootage
Hou tonPDdelete non-evidentiar footageafter180da

.(21)

20R T NTION
Recording notcla i eda Cla +[recording relatedtocriminalo en e thatareCla mi demeanor or
a ove]ornotneededforothero cialHPD u ine hall eretainedfor180da fromthedateofthe
recording efore eingautomaticall purgedfromtheV M data a e.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Hou tonPDprohi it unauthorizedfootage haring,andprohi it tamperingof WC
equipmentand oftware utfootagei neitherequipmentnor oftware.(2;14)
2INT GRITYOFVID OR CORDING
...
Alldigitalevidencefroman WC hall eu edforo ciallawenforcement u ine onl andi thepropert of
theHou tonPoliceDepartment.Onl per onnelauthorized theChiefofPolice hallu eor einpo e ion
ofa WCdevice.Allaudioandvideofootagecaptured a WCofalawenforcementactivit hall etreated
a evidence.
...
14PROHI IT DU AG
...
O cer arefurtherprohi itedfrommakingcopie ofdigitalrecording oruploadingdigitalrecording topu lic
or ocialmedia ite atan time.Whileviewinga WCrecordingforo cialpurpo e ,o cer hallnottakea
creen hotormakean eparaterecordingofthe WCrecording.
...
Recording made
entertainment.

o cer whileperformingtheirpolicedutie hallnot eu edforper onalgainor

...
O cer hallnotdi mantle,era e,alter,ortamperwithan department-i ued WCequipmentor oftware,
unle otherwi eauthorized theGeneralOrder, theChiefofPolice,or acourtoflaw.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Hou tonPDrelie onTexa pu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,anddoe not
expre l allowcomplainant toviewrelevantfootage.(26)
26R QU

T FORR CORDING

Recording capturedduringthe copeofano cer dutie ma e u jecttorelea eunderapplica lelaw .


The erecording hallonl eu edforo cialpurpo e ucha courtorothero cialproceeding .An other
attempttoacce ,cop ,forwardorrelea ean digitalevidenceforotherthano ciallawenforcementu eand
contrar tothi GeneralOrderi trictl prohi ited.
UnderTexa Occupation Code ection1701.659,iti aCla Ami demeanorforapeaceo cerorother
emplo eeofthedepartmenttorelea earecordingcreatedwitha od worncamerawithoutpermi ionofthe
department.
Texa Pu licInformationAct(TPIA)Reque t
Allreque t fromper on forcopie orviewingofvideo hall ereferredtotheO ceofPu licA air .The e
reque t hall ehandledinaccordancewiththePu licInformationAct,Chapter552oftheTexa Government
Code,Chapter1701oftheTexa Occupation Code,anddepartmentalprocedure .

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Hou tonPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

La Vega MetropolitanPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$250,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


LVMPDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,adraftpolic wa foundon
the ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thepolic i datedDecem er
2014,andi 5/210.01oftheLVMPDDepartmentManual.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
LVMPDrequire o cer torecordallcontact withcitizen inthefollowingoccurrence .
GeneralProcedure
...
1.Vehicle top ;
2.Per on top :con en ual,articula lerea ona le u picion,orpro a lecau e;
3.Alldi patchedcall for erviceinvolvingcontactwithcitizen ;
4.Detention ,inve tigation pur uantofanarre t,arre t , u pectinterview ,andpo t-Miranda
interrogation ;
5. earchofper on incidenttoarre t(ifnotalread activated);
6. earchwarrant of tructure orvehicle ;
7.K9 earche reque ted

aPatrolo cer;

8.A oona po i leaftertheoccurrenceofano cer-involvedtra caccident(ifnotalread activated);


9.Code3driving;
10.Pur uit :primar and econdar o cer ;
11.An contactthat ecome adver arialwhen od camerahadnot eenactivated;
12.Tran portofCode5pri oner ;
13.An othercitizencontactoro cialdut circum tanceattheo cer di cretion a edoncircum tance and
rea ona lene .

LVMPDgive o cer di cretiontoturno theircamera incertain ituation .Whenever


o cer exerci edi cretion,the mu trecordtheju ti cationoncamera eforeturningit
o .Wheno cer failtorecord,the mu tdocumenttherea onintheirreport .
GeneralProcedure
O cer hallcontinuerecordinguntilthe announceoncamerathatthe aredeactivatingtheir WC:
Undertheexception a ove.O cer mu t tatethe peci crea on( )the areturningo theircamera
eforedoing o...
CameraDeplo ment
...
.7.Ifano cerfail toactivatethe WCorthe WCmalfunction ,theo cerwilldocumentthecircum tance
andrea ona aclo ingcommenttotheeventontheMDTandinan applica lereport .

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


LVMPDrequire o cer too tainexplicitpermi ionfromcrimevictim andwitne e (ora
parentorlegalguardian,intheca eofajuvenile) eforerecording.Inaddition,LVMPD
allow o cer tocea erecordingin en itivelocation and ituation .
GeneralProcedure
...O cer houldre trictrecordingtoarea andper on nece ar inordertoo tainevidenceand
informationrelevanttotheincidentand houldattempttominimizecollateralintru iontotho enotinvolved...
.
[Recordingneednotcontinueif][t]heeventi ofa en itivenature,i.e.child exuala ault,pre enceofchild
pornograph ,etc....
Victim andWitne e
...Intheca eofcrime , ucha exuala ault,where en itivit tothevictimi paramount,o cer mu tget
theexplicitpermi ionforrecordingofthe r tcontact tatementfromthevictimandthi will edocumented
ontherecording.Ifthevictimi inan wa un ureoftheneedfortherecordingto emadeori uncomforta le
withthethoughtof eingrecordedthentheo cer houldnotrecordthe tatement.Ifavictimorwitne doe
notcon entto eingrecordedonan eventtheo cerma con idera kingthe u jectifthe wouldagreeto
theoptiontodivertthecameraawa andrecordingonl audio....
JuvenileRecording
...Juvenilevictim orwitne e toacrimewillonl erecordedwiththepermi ionofaparentorlegal
guardianpre entatthetimeoftherecording.Thi permi ionmu t edocumentedontherecording.If
con enti notgivento eingrecordedtheo cerma con idertheoptiontodivertthecameraawa fromthe
u jectandrecordingonl audio....
en itiveLocation
... WCo cer hould emindfuloflocation whererecordingma econ ideredin en itive,inappropriate,
orprohi ited privatepolicie . uchlocation includeplace ofwor hip,religiou ceremonie ,certain
location inho pital orclinic ,lawo ce ,da carefacilitie ,etc.Thepre enceof,andrecording , WC ma
not epracticaleventhougho cer ma havealegalrea onto epre entandconductpu lic afet u ine .
At uchlocation ,attheo cer di cretionand a edonthecircum tance , WC ma eturnedo .O cer
mu t tatetherea onthe areturningo thecamera eforedoing o.Theo cerma con idertheoptionto
divertthecameraawa froman u ject andrecordingonl audioifappropriate....

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
LVMPDpermit o cer toviewfootage eforecompletingtheir tatement ,eveninca e
ofo cer-involved hooting .
O cerInvolved hooting
Followingano cerinvolved hooting,orotheru eofdeadl force,involvedper onneloran upervi or hall
notviewthe WCrecordingonan deviceorcomputerpriortoFIT/CIRT/IA viewingthefootage.
Involvedo cer hall eallowedtoviewtheirown WCrecordingpriortoawalkthroughand tatement;
Witne o cer hall eallowedtoviewtheirown WCrecordingpriortoawalkthroughand tatement;...

R CORD DDATAACC

ANDR VI W

...
1.OFFIC RACC

-O cer ma viewtheirown WCrecording a the relateto:

a.Theirinvolvementinanincidentforthepurpo e ofcompletinganinve tigationandpreparingo cial


report .Tohelpen ureaccurac andcon i tenc ,o cer areencouragedtoreviewthe WCrecording
priortopreparingreport ;
.Priortocourttorefre hrecollection.NOT :O cer willen urethatthepro ecutingattorne i aware
the WCrecordingwa reviewed;
c.Providinga tatementpur uanttoaninternalinve tigation,includingo cerinvolved hooting
inve tigation andothercriticalincident .NOT :Followingano cerinvolved hootingorothercritical
incident,involvedper onnel hallnotviewtheir WCrecordingonan deviceorcomputerpriortothe
WCrecording einguploadedinto vidence.com.

Limit RetentionofFootage
LVMPDdelete un aggedfootageinexactl 45da

Categor Retention chedule


Theretentionperiod egin fromthedatethe WCrecordingwa la eledorcategorized.Unla eledor
uncategorizedrecording will eauto-deletedat45da ....

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


LVMPDprohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedu eanddi tri utionandit
maintain anauditlogofallacce torecordedfootage.
UPLOADAND TORAG PROC DUR
General
...Oncerecording areuploadedto[thevideo torageandacce tem]theprogramprovide detailed
trackingonwhoacce e recordeddata,whenandforwhatpurpo e.Thi exten iveaudit temprevent
datatampering,deletingorcop ing.
Data torage, ecurit ,andAcce
1.The od CameraDetaili re pon i leforthe torageand ecurit of WCrecording le ;
2.An andallimage ,video,and/oraudiogenerated
MetropolitanPoliceDepartment;

an WCarethe olepropert oftheLa Vega

3.Unauthorizedu e,duplication,and/ordi tri utionof WCrecording le areprohi ited;


4. mplo ee hallnotdownload,cop ,orrecord WCrecording from vidence.comontoan computer,
device,drive,CD/DVD,oran otherformatwithouttheexpre writtencon entofthe heri orhi de ignee.
Onl trainedLVMPDper onnel halloperatethe WC;
5. mplo ee hallnotremove,di mantleortamperwithan hardware/ oftwarecomponentorpartofthe WC.
mplo ee hallnotattempttoera eoralterinan manner, WCrecording le;
6. vidence.com hallonl eacce edfromLVMPDauthorizedcomputer .Acce to vidence.comfroma
home,per onal,ornon-departmentalmo iledevicei prohi ited....;
7. mplo ee hallnotpu li hordi pla WCrecording totheinternetor ocialmedia ite ...
9. WCrecording hallnot eu edor hownforthepurpo eofridiculeorem arra ment.
R CORD DDATAACC

ANDR VI W

Allacce andactivit on vidence.comi loggedand u jecttoauditatan time.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


LVMPDpermit utdoe notrequiretheInternalA air ureau(IA )to howfootage
topotentialcomplainant . utthepolic doe notdetailhowreque t toviewfootage
hould emadeorhandled.
Data torage, ecurit ,andAcce
...
8.IA per onnelma allowcitizen ,arre tee orviolator toview WCrecording a partofaninve tigationinto

anallegationofmi conduct;

Allotherreque t forfootagemu t emadepur uanttoNevada OpenRecord Act.


R CORD DDATAACC

ANDR VI W

G.R QU T FORVID O/AUDIOPUR UANTTON VADA OP NR CORD ACT-Nevadalawallow forthe


pu lictoreque ttoin pectionand/orcopie ofpu licrecord .Whethera WCrecordingi apu licrecordwill
dependon everalfactor [li tedwithin].

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


LVMPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Loui villeMetroPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 14,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Loui villePDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le od worncamerapolic onit
we ite, ut uriedwithinit length tandardOperatingProcedure .Themanualmake
thecamerapolic omewhatchallengingto nd,u ingthele er-knowntermWeara le
Video
tem(WV ).Thepolic i num ered OP4.31, eginningonpage338ofthe
manual.Itwa la trevi edonFe ruar 8,2016.
Thepolic reference accreditation tandard fromtheCommi iononAccreditationfor
Law nforcementAgencie (CAL A), peci call CAL A tandard 41.3.8(In-Car
Audio/Video)and83.2.2(Photograph andVideoTape ),andfromtheKentuck A ociation
ofChief ofPolice(KACP), peci call KACP tandard 17.13,20.2,and20.5Wewerenot
a letorevieweither etofaccreditation tandard , ecau etheCAL A tandard areonl
availa lethroughapaid u cription.The peci cKACP tandard citedinLoui villePD
polic arenotavaila leonline.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Thepolic require o cer torecordan callfor erviceandactivatetheircamerapriorto
engaginginan lawenforcementactivit orencounter.Thepolic provide anexception
forextremel rare ituation involvingexigent afet concern utrequire theo certo
activatethecameraatthe r topportunit wheniti afetodo oafterward .(4.31.5)
Whenpractical,o cer hallactivatetheirWV inrecordingmode,priortotheirarrivalon- cene,foran callfor
erviceorengaginginan lawenforcementactivit orencounter.TheWV hall eu edtorecordallcall for
erviceandlawenforcementactivitie /encounter (e.g.arre t ,citation , top ,pur uit ,Code3
operation /re pon e , earche , eizure ,interview ,identi cation ,u eofforceincident ,colli ion ,
tran port ,warrant ,etc.).Inextremel rare ituation ,anencounterma e uddenandunanticipated.Ifan

o ceri involvedina uddenandunanticipatedincidentwhereexigent afet concern preventtheimmediate


activationofhi /herWV ,he/ he hallactivatetheWV atthe r topportunit ,wheniti afetodo o,inorder
tocapturetheimmediateaftermathofthe ituation.
...
O cer hallu etheirWV torecordallcon ent earche intheirentiret .Thi include recordingthe u ject
givingcon enttothe earch.

Thepolic require o cer todocumentinwritingaju ti cationforfailingtoactivatetheir


WC orfailingtocompletearecordingofa ituationrequired thepolic .(4.31.5)
Ifano cerfail toactivatehi /herWV inrecordingmode,fail torecordthecompleteincidentorinterrupt
therecording,he/ he halldocumenttherea oninamemorandumandforwardit,throughtheappropriate
chainofcommand,tohi /her ureauCommander.Whenano ceractivate hi /herWV and uchactivationi
notrequired polic andthecircum tance donotrequirecontinuedrecording,he/ hema u ehi /her
di cretionwhendecidingtodeactivatetheWV (KACP17.13c).

Thepolic doe notrequireo cer todeactivatecamera whenacitizenreque t thatthe


do o, utdoe provideo cer withthedi cretiontodeactivatetheircamerainorderto
pre ervetheanon mit ofaper ongivingananon mou tip.(4.31.6)
O cer hallnotdi continuerecording a ed olel onaper on ver alreque t,unle theper onwi he to
u mitananon mou tip,inwhichthedeci iontorecordi atthedi cretionoftheo cer.

Thepolic provide that,whengivenpermi ion a uperior,o cer ma deactivatetheir


WCinextendednon-lawenforcement ituation .However,thepolic require o cer in
that ituationreactivatetheircameraa oona the havecontactwiththepu lic.(4.31.6)
Ifamem eri onanextended cenewithalowlikelihoodoftakinglawenforcementaction(e.g.downedpower
line ,downedtree, lockinginter ection,etc.),acommandingo cerma authorizehim/hertodi continue
recording.He/ he hallreactivatehi /herWV duringan pu liccontactatthe cene.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Thepolic doe notrequireo cer too taininformedcon entpriortorecordinginan
circum tance,nordoe itrequireo cer toinform u ject thatthecamerai recording.
Thepolic doe notexplicitl protectvulnera leindividual .(4.31.6)
O cer hallnotdi continuerecording a ed olel onaper on ver alreque t,unle theper onwi he to
u mitananon mou tip,inwhichthedeci iontorecordi atthedi cretionoftheo cer.Theo cerma
contacthi /hercommandingo cerforfurtherguidanceinthe e ituation ,ifneeded.O cer hallnot e
requiredtodi continuerecordinganevent, ituationorcircum tanceforan oneotherthanacommanding
o cer.

Thepolic doe takeprivac intocon iderationtoalimitedextent requiringthatthe


cameranot eu edwhereanexceptionalexpectationofprivac exi t (empha i added)
andrequiringthatcamera eturnedo wheno cer enterjuveniledetentionfacilitie .
Thepolic require thato cer limitrecordingtolegitimatelawenforcementactivitie
whileon choolpropert orat choolevent ,andto peci clawenforcementactivit in
athroom ,lockerroom ,andotherhighl privatearea .Thepolic permit di cretionar
deactivationwhenho pitalmedical ta reque tit.Thepolic al orequire o cer tomake
afullrecordingofcon ent earche ,includingthegivingofcon ent the u ject,and
require audio-onl recordingof trip earche .(4.31.5)
TheWV hallnot eu edin ideofLoui villeMetroYouthDetention ervice (LMYD ).O cer arerequiredto
turno theirWV priortoenteringthefacilit .
choolRe ourceO cer ( RO )whoarei uedaWV hallonl recordlegitimatelawenforcementactivitie
whileon choolpropert orduring chool-relatedevent .
TheWV hallnot eu edinplace whereanexceptionalexpectationofprivac exi t (e.g.re troom ,locker
room ,dre ingroom ,etc.)unle therecordingi requiredfora peci clawenforcementactivit .O cer
havetherighttorecordifthe havealegalrightto eat,orin,thelocation(e.g.re pondingtoacallfor ervice,

pur uanttoavalid earchwarrant,con entofthere ident,etc.).


O cer ma erequiredtoturno theirWV atan ho pitalormedicalfacilit atthereque tofthemedical
ta ,unle the areengaginginalawenforcementactivit orencounter(e.g.active hooter,unrul
patient/vi itor,etc.).
...
O cer hallu etheirWV torecordallcon ent earche intheirentiret .Thi include recordingthe u ject
givingcon enttothe earch.
...
Whenconducting trip earche ,o cer hallvideoandaudiorecorda360degreeviewofthelocationwhere
the trip earchi takingplace.However,o cer hallonl recordtheaudioportionoftheactual trip earch
po itioningthecameraawa fromtheper ononwhomthe trip earchi eingconducted.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Thepolic allow o cer toviewrelevantfootage efore lingareportor tatement, ut
explain thatrecording arenotareplacementor u titutionforwrittenreport .(4.31.6;
4.31.14)
WV recording arenotareplacement/ u

titutionforwrittenreport ...

O cer hall epermittedtoreviewtheirWV footageofan incidentinwhichthe wereinvolvedpriorto


makinga tatementorreportregardingtheincident.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic require thatnon-evidentiar recording eretainedforaminimumof30da ,
cro -referencingKentuck tatute andapplica lerecord retention chedule .The
Loui villeMetroRecord Retention chedule, erie L6896,require thede tructionofnonevidentiar footageafter30da .(4.31.15;Loui villeMetroRecord Retention chedule,
erie L6896(page108))
4.31.15Retention/Di tri ution
WV recording hall eretainedforaminimumof30da (non-evidentiar recording ),withtheexceptionof
tho erecording whichneedto eretainedlonger(evidentiar recording )duetoaninve tigation(including
criminal,admini trative,AIR,etc.),litigationoropenrecord reque t.The erecording hall emaintaineduntil
allinve tigativeorlegalactivit i completed,pur uanttoKR orapplica lerecord retention chedule .
Recording containingDUIvideoevidence hall emaintainedandde tro edpur uanttoKR 189A.100.
Loui villeMetroRecord Retention chedule, erie L6896
Retainnon-evidentiar recording forthirt (30)da ,thende tro . videntiar recording u edinan
inve tigation,pendinginve tigation,litigationoropenrecord reque t mu t ekeptuntilallinve tigativeor
legalactivit i completed.Thende tro theoriginalandallcopie oftherecording.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Thepolic explicitl prohi it o cer frommodif ingortamperingwithfootagea wella
an hardware/ oftwarecomponentorparta ociatedwiththe[ WC].(4.31.15;4.31.6)
4.31.15Retention/Di tri ution
O cer hallnotdelete/era e,de tro ,cop ,reu e,alter/modif ortamperwithWV recording .
...
4.31.6Operation
O cer hallnotremove,di mantleortamperwithan hardware/ oftwarecomponentorparta ociatedwith
theWV .

Whilethepolic doe notexplicitl prohi itunauthorizedacce ,itprohi it theremovalof


an recordingout ideoftheLMPDwithoutthewrittenauthorizationoftheChiefofPolice
orhi /herde igneeandprovide thatrecording aretheexclu ivepropert oftheLMPDand
hall eu edforlawenforcementpurpo e onl . uttherei nocon traintonwhoma ea
de ignee,orhowman de ignee therema e.Thepolic al oinclude everalprovi ion
controllingacce tofootage.(4.31.15;4.31.5-6)

4.31.15Retention/Di tri ution


...Recording generatedondepartmentalequipmentaretheexclu ivepropert oftheLMPDand hall e
availa lefordepartmentalu einaccordancewithapplica lelegalre triction ,orupondirectauthorit ofthe
ChiefofPolice,orhi /herde ignee.WV recording hall eu edforo ciallawenforcementpurpo e onl .
...
Cop ingorreproducingan recording,or egmentofan recording,generated theLMPD,ortheremovalof
an recordingout ideoftheLMPD,withoutthewrittenauthorizationoftheChiefofPolice,orhi /herde ignee,
i prohi ited.
...
4.31.5Procedure
...O cer hallnotpo trecording toan we ite,including ocialmediawe ite (KACP20.5 ,d).O cer
hallnotu eotherdevice (e.g.cellphone ,camera ,etc.)torecordvideoand/oraudiofromtheWV .
Mem er hallonl acce theirownWV recording ortho ethatthe havealegitimatepurpo etoreview
(e.g.review detective involvedintheca e,review theOpenRecord Unita are ultofanopenrecord
reque t,etc.).
...
4.31.6Operation
O cer hallnotremove,di mantleortamperwithan hardware/ oftwarecomponentorparta ociatedwith
theWV .
...
Attheconclu ionofarecordedevent,o cer hallchoo etheappropriate toragecategor fortheirWV
recordinginordertoallowforlaterreviewandappropriateretention.Thepropercategorizationofrecording
determine howlongtherecording areretained,towhomacce i grantedandwhethertherecordingcan e
relea edtothepu lic/media.

Thepolic provide thatthedepartment torage


temmaintain anauditlogofvideo
thathave eenviewedandan action taken LMPDmem er andal ota k upervi or
withperformingrandomaudit toverif compliancewiththepolic .(4.31.5;4.31.14)
The vidence.com torage temmaintain anauditlogthatdocument thevideo thathave eenviewedand
an action taken LMPDmem er ....

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint
toviewrelevantfootage.Thepolic provide thatfootagema ereque tedviaanopen
record reque tandallow Loui villePDtoredactfootagethatma compromi ean
inve tigationorthatinfringeonanindividual privac right .(4.31.15)
Openrecord reque t forcopie ofrecording ,fromper on oragencie out ideoftheLMPD, hall e
directed,inwriting,totheOpenRecord Unit.Openrecord reque t u mitted themedia hall edirected,
inwriting,totheMediaandPu licRelation O ce(KACP20.2 ).An part ofarecordingthatinfringeonan
individual privac right orma compromi eaninve tigationma eredacted.
Recording providedtoper on oragencie out ideoftheLMPD hall eduplicatedonnewtape ordi c and
will eprovided thedepartmentforarea ona lefee.Theunauthorizedduplicationofrecording i
prohi ited.
Onl thatportionofarecordingwhichcontain a peci ccontactinque tionma ereproduced.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Lo Angele PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$1,000,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


LAPDho t themo trecentver ionofit WCpolic onit we ite, utiti notea to
ndanddoe nt howupinthewe ite earchfunction.Thepolic doe howupwhen
earchingLAPD od worncamerapolic inexternal earchengine .Thi ver ionwa
approved the oardofPoliceCommi ioner onApril28,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
LAPDrequire o cer torecordtheentirecontactofan inve tigativeorenforcement
activit involvingamem erofthepu lic.(III;V)
III.WH NACTIVATIONOF ODYWORNVID O QUIPM NTI R QUIR D.O cer hallactivatetheir WV
device priortoinitiatingan inve tigativeorenforcementactivit involvingamem erofthepu lic,including
all:
Vehicle top ;
Pede trian top (includingo cer-initiatedcon en ualencounter );
Call for ervice;
Code3re pon e (includingvehiclepur uit )regardle ofwhetherthevehiclei equippedwithIn-Car
Videoequipment;
Footpur uit ;
earche ;
Arre t ;
U e offorce;
In-cu tod tran port ;
Witne andvictiminterview (excepta peci ed elow);
Crowdmanagementandcontrolinvolvingenforcementorinve tigativecontact ;and,
Otherinve tigativeorenforcementactivitie where,intheo cer' judgment,avideorecordingwould
a i tintheinve tigationorpro ecutionofacrimeorwhenarecordingofanencounterwoulda i tin
documentingtheincidentforlaterinve tigationorreview.
...
V.R CORDINGOFTH NTIR CONTACT.The WV hallcontinuerecordinguntiltheinve tigativeor

enforcementactivit involvingamem erofthepu licha ended.Ifenforcementorinve tigativeactivit witha


mem erofthepu licre ume ,theo cer hallactivatethe WVdeviceandcontinuerecording.

Wheno cer failtorecordarequiredactivit ,the mu tdocumenttherea oninwritingin


variou departmentreport and
tem .(VI)
VI.DOCUM NTATIONR QUIR DFORFAILINGTOACTIVAT ODYWORNVID OORR CORDINGTH
DURATIONOFTH CONTACT.Ifano ceri una leorfail toactivatethe WVpriortoinitiatingan
enforcementorinve tigativecontact,fail torecordtheentirecontact,orinterrupt therecordingforan
rea on,theo cer hall etforththerea on wh arecordingwa notmade,wa dela ed,wa interrupted,or
wa terminatedinthecomment eldoftheincidentin[variou report and tem ].

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


LAPDallow ( utdoe notrequire)o cer toturno theircamera whenthe encounter
victim in en itivecircum tance ,orpatient inhealthcarefacilitie .(VI)
O cer arenotrequiredtoactivateandrecordinve tigativeorenforcementencounter withthepu licwhen:
Awitne orvictimrefu e toprovidea tatementifrecordedandtheencounteri non-confrontational;
Intheo cer' judgment,arecordingwouldinterferewithhi orhera ilit toconductaninve tigation,or
ma einappropriate, ecau eofthevictimorwitne ' ph icalcondition,emotional tate,age,orother
en itivecircum tance (e.g.,avictimofrape,ince t,orotherformof exuala ault);
ituation whererecordingwouldri kthe afet ofacon dentialinformant,citizeninformant,or
undercovero cer;or
Inpatient-carearea ofaho pital,rapetreatmentcenter,orotherhealthcarefacilit unle an
enforcementactioni takeninthe earea .

LAPDencourage o cer tonotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded, uto cer do


notneedtoo taincon ent.(IX)
IX.NOTIC TOM M R OFTH PU LICOFR CORDING.O cer areencouragedtoinformindividual that
the are eingrecordedwhenfea i le.O cer ,however,arenotrequiredtoo taincon entfrommem er of
thepu licwhentheo ceri lawfull intheareawheretherecordingtake place.Forexample,ano cerwho
lawfull enter a u ine orre idence hallrecordan enforcementorinve tigativeactivit ,a etfortha ove,
andi notrequiredtoo taincon entfrommem er ofthepu licwhoma al o epre ent.Inaddition,o cer
arenotrequiredtopla ack WVrecording toallowmem er ofthepu lictoreviewthevideofootage.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Notonl doe LAPDallowo cer toviewrecording ofincident efore ling
documentationthe requireit.(XVIII-XIX)
XVIII.VI WINGOF ODYWORNVID OR CORDING YOFFIC R .Theaccurac ofpolicereport ,o cer
tatement ,andothero cialdocumentationi e entialfortheproperadmini trationofju ticeand
compl ingwiththeDepartment' o ligationtomaintainfullandcompleterecord ofenforcementand
inve tigativeactivitie .Inve tigator , upervi or ,pro ecutor ,andothero cial rel oncompleteand
accuraterecord toperformtheire entialdutie andre pon i ilitie .O cer arethereforerequiredtoreview
WVrecording ontheira igneddeviceorauthorizedcomputerpriortodocumentinganincident,arre t,
earch,interview,u eofforce,orotherenforcementorinve tigativeactivit toen urethattheirreport ,
tatement ,anddocumentationareaccurateandcomplete.
XIX.PROC DUR FORR VI WING ODYWORNVID OR CORDING INCAT GORICALU OFFORC
INCID NT .Ifano ceri involvedinaCategoricalU eofForce(CUOF), ucha ano cer-involved hooting,
ano cer hallnotreviewhi orher WVuntilauthorized thea ignedForceInve tigationDivi ion(FID)
inve tigator.Onceauthorized,theo cer hallreviewhi orher WVrecording,andan otherrelevant WV
footagea deemednece ar andappropriate thea ignedFID upervi or,priorto einginterviewed
inve tigator .Ano cerma haveanemplo eerepre entativepre entduringthereviewofthe WVrecording
withouttheFIDinve tigatoror upervi orpre ent.The eparatingandmonitoringofo cer involvedina
CUOF hall emaintainedduringthereviewof WVrecording andareview hallnotoccurjointl among
involvedemplo ee .

Limit RetentionofFootage
LAPDdoe notdirectl addre footageretention.Itonl mention thatcommanding
o cer arere pon i lefor...en uringadherencetorecordretentionprotocol ...
withoutreferencetowhattho eprotocol are.(XXVII)
XXVII.COMMANDINGOFFIC R R PON I ILITI ....Areacommandingo cer areal ore pon i lefor
upervi ingthepropermaintenanceanddi po itionofdivi ionrecord ,en uringadherencetorecordretention
protocol andproperl lingall WVdocument forfuturereference.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


LAPDcon ider unauthorizedu e,relea e,modi cationanddeletionoffootageto e
eriou mi conductand u jecttodi ciplinar action. utthepolic doe notindicate
thatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(VII-VIII;XII)
VII.CONFID NTIALNATUR OFR CORDING ....Unauthorizedu eorrelea eof WVrecording ma
compromi eongoingcriminalandadmini trativeinve tigation orviolatetheprivac right oftho erecorded.
Therefore,an unauthorizedu eorrelea eof WVorotherviolationofcon dentialit law andDepartment
policie arecon idered eriou mi conductand u jecttodi ciplinar action.
VIII.PROHI ITIONAGAIN TMODIFICATIONOFR CORDING .O cer hallnotcop ,edit,alter,era e,or
otherwi emodif inan manner WVrecording excepta authorized laworDepartmentpolic .An
violationofthi provi ioni con idered eriou mi conductand u jecttodi ciplinar action....
...
XII.PROP RTYOFTH D PARTM NT. od WornVideoequipmentandalldata,image ,video,andmetadata
captured,recorded,orotherwi eproducedi the olepropert oftheDepartmentandan unauthorized
relea ei trictl prohi ited.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


LAPDcon ider footageto econ dentialdepartmentrecord ,anddoe notexpre
allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.(VII)

VII.CONFID NTIALNATUR OFR CORDING . od WornVideou ei limitedtoenforcementand


inve tigativeactivitie involvingmem er ofthepu lic.The WVrecording willcapturevideoandaudio
evidenceforu eincriminalinve tigation ,admini trativereview ,andotherproceeding protected
con dentialit law andDepartmentpolic .O cer hallcompl withallapplica lelaw andpolicie regarding
con dentialinformation....

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


LAPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)
to earchfootage.

Memphi PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Memphi PDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,arecentpolic wa
pu li hed localnew tationWR G.Thepolic i dated eptem er23,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Memphi PDrequire o cer torecordawiderangeofon-dut activitie .(IV.C.4)
4.O cer hallactivatetheir WCwhenre pondingtoallcall for erviceimmediatel afteracallha een
acknowledgedandduringalllawenforcement-relatedencounter andactivitie thatoccurwhiletheo ceri
ondut .Thereareman ituation wheretheactivationofthe WCi appropriateandthi polic i not
intendedtode cri eever po i lecircum tance.Thefollowing cenario requireactivationofthe WC:
a)Alldi patchedcall for ervice;
)Allvehicle top (toinclude, utnotlimitedtotra cviolation , trandedmotori ta i tanceandall
crimeinterdiction top ;
c)DUIinve tigation including eld o riet te t ;
d) u piciou vehicle ;
e)Per on top :con en ual,rea ona le u picion,orpro a lecau e;
f)U eofforce ituation ;
g)Detention /Arre t andtran port;
h) earchofper on incidenttoarre t;
i)High-ri kencounter (e.g., arricade ituation ,active hooter ituation );
j)TacticalActivitie ;
k) earchwarrant of tructure and uilding ;
l)Footpur uit ;
m)Allcall requiringthepre enceofaCri i InterventionTeam(CIT)o cer;
n)K9 earche reque ted apatrolo cer;
o)Duringtheinventor ingof eizedmone oran highvaluepropert ;
p)An citizencontactthat ecome confrontationalwhen WChadnotalread eenactivated;
q)An citizentran porttoan location(including ignal5).

r) WC hall eu edduringallworkdetail .

Priortoeachcameradeactivation,o cer mu t tatetherea onforterminationofthe


recording.O cer mu tal odocumentan failure torecordintheirreport.(IV.C.6-9;
IV. )
6.The WC hallremainactivateduntiltheeventha concludedinordertoen uretheintegrit oftherecording.
Forthepurpo eofthi ection,conclu ionofanincidentha occurredwhenano cerha terminatedcontact
withanindividual,clearedthe ceneofareportedincident,ha completedtran portofacivilianoran
arre tee,orwhentheo ceri told amem erof[In pectional ervice ureau](thi houldal o e
recorded).O cer willdocumenttherea onthatthe WCha eendeactivatedintheformofarecorded
announcementonthe WCpriortodeactivation.
7.Inan in tanceinwhichce ationoftherecordingpriortotheconclu ionoftheincidentma epermitted,
theo cermu t eekando tain upervi or approvalpriortodeactivatingthe WC.If upervi or approval
cannot erea ona l o tained,o cer mu tdocumentonthe WCtherea onforterminationofthe
recordingpriortodeactivationofthe WC.
8.O cer hallprovidethedi patcheradi po ition,getin ervice,orintheca eofanarre t,havetran ferred
cu tod ofthearre tee eforeendingarecording.
9.Iti recommendedthato cer recordan pede triancontact andotherevent whentherecordingcould
havevalue ucha evidence,tolimitlia ilit ,tore olvecitizencomplaint ora atrainingtool.
IV. ....Ifano cerfail toactivatethe WC,fail torecordtheentirecontact,orinterrupt therecording,the
o cer halldocumentintherelatedo en ereportormemoa towh arecordingwa notmade,wa
interrupted,orwa terminated.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Memphi PDadvi e o cer toavoidrecordingvictim andwitne
andlocation .(IV.C.10;V.C)

e in en itive ituation

IV.C.10.Whenrecordingvictim andwitne e in en itive ituation ucha exuala aultca e ,inho pital or


othermedicalorp chiatricfacilitie ,o cer hall ecarefultoavoid,whenpo i le,recordingper on in
tate ofundre .
...
V.C.The WCwillnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha locker
room orre troom ,unle theactivationi forthepurpo eofo ciallawenforcementactivit ucha acall
for ervice.Whenpo i le,ever precaution hall etakentore pectthedignit ofthevictim avoiding
recordingvideo ofper on whoarenudeorwhen en itivearea areexpo ed.Ifthi i unavoida le,thevideo
canlater e lurred.

utwhileo cer mu tinform u ject thatthe are eingrecorded,thepolic doe not


expre l allow u ject tooptoutofrecording.(IV.C.5)
5.Unle un afe,impracticalorimpo i leo cer hallinformcontact u ject thatthe are eingrecordedat
the eginningofthecontact(e.g.Maam/ ir,Iamadvi ing outhatohurinteractioni eingrecorded.)

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Memphi PDpermit o cer toreviewfootagewhencompletingtheirwrittenreport .
(IV.F)
F.O cer areauthorizedtoreviewtheirown WCwhenpreparingo cialwrittendocumentationofa peci c
event.O cer ma onl reviewrecording fromtheira igned WC.Theviewingwill eutilizeda atoolwhen
completingwrittenreport toen uretheaccurac andcon i tenc ofevent ....

Limit RetentionofFootage

Thepolic doe notrequireMemphi PDtodeleteun aggedfootage.


Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Memphi PDexpre l prohi it footagetamperingandunauthorizedacce , utdoe not
indicatethatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(5. -H)
.O cer hallnotremove,di mantle,ortamperwithan hardwareor oftwarecomponentorparta ociated
withtheMV [mo ilevideo tem].
F.O cer hallnotde tro ,era e,di eminate,edit,alter,tamper,orotherwi eu eMV recording withoutthe
writtenpermi ionoftheDirectorofPolice ervice .
G.Recording ma not ecopied,recordedor haredexceptforo ciallawenforcementpurpo e .
H.Recording hallnot edownloadedorconvertedforper onalu eorpo tedtoan ocialmedia ite .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Memphi PDdoe notexpre
complaint toviewfootage.

l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Memphi PDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Me aPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 22,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Me aPDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,aver ionofit polic wa
foundonthe ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thi polic wa
e ectiveOcto er1,2012,andwecouldnotlocateamorerecentver ion.Me aintend to
rollout od -worncamera toit entirepatrolforce mid-2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Me aPDprovide ali tof ituation whereo cer houldmakeever e orttoactivatethe
on-o cercameraifpractical.Thepolic peci e thatcamera ma eturnedo upon
completionoftheevent utdoe notgiveadditionalguidance.[GeneralGuideline /
OperationalGuideline ;U eGuideline ]
[GeneralGuideline /OperationalGuideline ]O cer willmakeever e orttoplacetheon-o cer od
camerainthe ventModea oona practicalduringagiven ituation.
[GeneralGuideline /U eGuideline ]O cer willmakeever e orttoactivatetheon-o cercamerato
recordthefollowingevent( ),ifpractical:
Tra c top andcitizencontact .
Impaireddriverinve tigation .
Vehiclepur uit andFailuretoYieldincident .
Accident cene .
Allcall for ervice.
Tran portationofan pri oner( )orcitizen foran rea on.
An timeano cerfeel iti appropriatetorecord.
All earche (Per on ,Vehicle , tructure ,etc.).
tatement made u ject ,victim ,andwitne e .
Advi inganindividualofhi /herMirandaright .
Duringinterrogation .
Otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontact .
...

Onceon,o cer willcontinuetorecorduntilthecompletionoftheevent,orthe haveleftthe ceneexceptfor


in tance outlinedinthi order.
...
Additionalarrivingunit toa cenea ignedanon-o cer od camerawill eginrecordinga oona practical,
andcontinuetorecorduntilthecompletionoftheevent,orthe haveleftthe cene(thi include recordingof
tatement ).

Wheno cer toprecordingorfailtorecordarequiredincident,therei norequirementto


provideaconcreteju ti cation.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Thepolic prohi it recordinginplace witharea ona leexpectationofprivac .[
GeneralGuideline /Re triction ]
Theon-o cer od camerawillnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t ,
ucha dre ingroom orre troom .

O cer appearto egivendi cretiontodi continuerecordingwhenavictimreque t , ut


thepolic lack detail thatmight trengthenthi provi on.[GeneralGuideline /U e
Guideline ]
Con iderationma egivenwhenavictimreque t notto erecorded.Contactanon-dut upervi orfor
re olution,ifneeded

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Me aPDallow o cer toviewfootage eforecompletingtheirwrittenreport .[General
Guideline /U eGuideline ]
O cer ma u emediacapturedviatheon-o cer od cameratoa i twiththeinve tigationandcompletion
ofreport .

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic note thatrecordingareretainedandthatuncla i edfootagewill epurged, ut
relie onArizonalawtode neretentionperiod .However,wecouldnotidentif theArizona
lawthatcontain ucha chedule.[ torage,Documentation&RetentionGuideline /
Media torage/ videntiar Value]
Allon-o cer od camerarecording hall eretainedandcon idereda vidence.
...
Recording notattachedtoaca eorinve tigationwill epurgedper cheduledetermined
Law .

ArizonaRetention

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Me aPDprohi it o cer fromera ingortamperingwithrecording andcollecteddata,a
wella fromacce ing,cop ing,orrelea ingfootageforrea on otherthano ciallaw
enforcementpurpo e .[GeneralGuideline /OperationalGuideline ;General
Guideline /Re triction ; torage,Documentation&RetentionGuideline /Media torage/
videntiar Value]
[GeneralGuideline /OperationalGuideline ]On-o cer od camerarecording will eu edforo cial
Departmentpurpo e onl .
[GeneralGuideline /Re triction ]Mem er acce ing,cop ingorrelea ingofon-o cer od camera
recording forotherthano ciallawenforcementpurpo e areprohi itedand u jecttodi cipline.
[ torage,Documentation&RetentionGuideline /Media torage/ videntiar Value]Donotera e,alteror

tamperwithan ATC[AxonTacticalComputer]orcollecteddata.

Thepolic mention auditing, utthi clau edoe notappeartorefertoacce


[ torage,Documentation&RetentionGuideline /In pectionandaudit]

tofootage.

Duringtheone earpilotperiod, upervi or willconductrandomreview ofon-o cer od camera


recording ,withthea ectedDivi ionCommanderapproval.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Me aPDdoe notexpre l allowcomplainant toviewrelevantfootage.[General
Guideline /Re triction ;Re triction ; torage,Documentation&RetentionGuideline /
Media torage/ videntiar Value]
[GeneralGuideline /Re triction ]O cer willnotallowcitizen toreviewtherecording .
...
Di eminationofinformationwill e:
Forcriminalju ticepurpo e onl .
Fortrainingpurpo e onl whenapproved

aDivi ionCommander.

[ torage,Documentation&RetentionGuideline /Media torage/ videntiar Value]


On-o cer od camerarecording captureda partofaDepartmentmem er dutie hall ethe
propert oftheMe aPoliceDepartmentand econ ideredarecordoftheMe aPoliceDepartment.
Therelea eofinformationreque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill e u jecttothe ame
tatutor exemption fromdi clo urea an otherDepartmentalrecord .
Priortorelea ingan on-o cer od camerarecording ,o cer anda ectedmem er willen ureproper
redactioni completed.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Me aPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

MiamiPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 18,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


TheMiamiPoliceDepartmentfail topu li hthelate t WCpolic onit we
late tpolic i fromFe ruar 2015.

ite.MPD

Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord


MPDrequire o cer tou etheir WCatalltime whenondut .(10.4.1)
O cer utilizing od worncameraequipment hallwearthedeviceatalltime whenondut .

MPD polic clearl de cri e thet peofincident duringwhich WC hould eactivated.


(10.4.5)
od WornCameraActivation:The od worncamera hall eactivatedtorecordallportion ofthefollowing
t peincident :
a)Re pondingtocallfor erviceinanemergenc mode
)Allvehiclepur uit ,orfootpur uit
c)Alltra c top toincludetheinve tigationofavehicleandvehicleoccupant
d)All earche including, utnotlimitedto,people,vehicle ,and uilding
e)Allreque t foracon entto earchwithoutawarrant,including earche ofper on , uilding ,orvehicle
f)Allreque t for earche anddeplo ment ofdrugdetectioncanine involvingvehicle ,whenpractical
g)Allarre t and/orcitation
h) tatement fromvictim /witne e aftertheircon ent
i)An incidentuponthedirectionofa upervi or,atthereque tofanotherpoliceo cer,oran timethe
o cerdeem itappropriatetoactivatethe od camera
j)O cer hallonl u ethedepartmenti ued od worncameraequipmenttorecordo cialdepartmental
activitie
k)An otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontact O cer re pondingtothe et pe ofincident hall
activatethe od worncameraequipmentpriortoexitingtheirvehicle

Whilethepolic clearl de ne wheno cer mu tu etheir WC,itdoe notrequire


o cer toprovideconcreteju ti cationfordeactivatingduringorfailingtorecordrequired
event .
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
MPD polic o er vagueguidanceonper onalprivac concern utdoe notprotect
victim from eingrecordedwithoutinformedcon ent.(10.4.6.1)
O cer hallnotactivatethe od worncameraequipment:
...
f)Location wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t (e.g.,lockerroom ,re troom ). xceptwhile
handlingalegitimatecallinoneofthe elocation .
g)Whilecon dentialinformant are einginterviewed,orwhenundercovero cer arepre ent.
h)Todocumentan death forcrime cenepurpo e ,unle directed a upervi or.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
MPD polic doe notprohi ito cer fromviewingrelevantfootage efore linganinitial
writtenreportor tatement,andin truct o cer toincludereferencetotherecordingin
incidentreport .(10.4.8)
Ano cerwill eallowedtoreviewhi orher od -worncamerarecording ortheportionofanothero cer
recordingwherethato ceri captured:
1.Toa i twithaninve tigationandcompletionofreport ;
2. eforemakingan tatementor einginterviewed,whentheo ceri the u jectofaninve tigation.If
theo ceri the u jectofanadmini trativeinve tigation,heor hema haveanemplo ee
repre entative/legalcoun elpre ent.Iftheo ceri the u jectofacriminalinve tigation,heor hema
havelegalcoun elpre ent;or
3.Priortote tif ingincourt.

Limit RetentionofFootage
MPDrequire thatthedepartmentmaintainmi cellaneou recording for90da
appear to eaminimumratherthanarequirementtodeletefootage(10.4.5.2)

, utthi

Mi cellaneou recording will emaintainedforaperiodofninet (90)da ....

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


MPDprohi it o cer fromalteringanddeletinginformationfrom od worncamera .
(10.4.6.3)
mplo ee acce ing,cop ing,altering,deleting,reu ing,orrelea ing od worncamerarecording forother
thandepartmentalrequirement hall e u jecttodi ciplineand/orcriminalpro ecution.

Whileo cer areprohi itedfromtamperingwiththe WCfootage,thepolic doe not


expre l prohi itunauthorizedacce orrequireinformationto eloggedoraudited.
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Thepolic doe notexpre
toviewrelevantfootage.

l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Miami-DadePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$1,000,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 14,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


MDPDpu li he it mo trecentl pu licall availa le WCpolic onit we iteundera
ectiondedicatedto WC .Thelate tavaila lever ionwa i uedonApril20,2016.The
WCpolic i undertheMDPD DepartmentalManualatCHAPT R33PART1 ODYWORNCAM RA Y T M.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
MDPDrequire o cer tomakeever e orttorecordever encounterwherealaw
enforcemento cer,actinginano cialcapacit ,come intocontactwiththegeneral
pu lic.(V. ;V.H)
.O cer willmakeever e orttoplace the WCintheRecordModea oona practica lewheninvolvedin
ano ciallawenforcementmatter.
...
H.O cialLaw nforcementMatter:Anencounterwherealawenforcemento cer,actinginano cialcapacit ,
come incontactwiththegeneralpu lic.The econtact includere pon etocall for ervice,tra c
enforcement,and elf-initiatedenforcementactivitie .Althoughever encounterthatma re ultinano cial
lawenforcementmattercannot eidenti edinadvance,o cer aretou etheirtrainingandexperiencewhen
determiningwhatma turnintoano ciallawenforcementmatter.

MDPD polic later tate thato cer houldactivatetheir od WornCamera priorto


engaginginan o ciallawenforcementmatterwhichitgoe ontoli t.(VII. )
O cer houldactivatethe WCpriortoexitingtheira ignedvehicle ,ora oona practica le,when
re pondingtoacallfor erviceorpriortoengaginginan o ciallawenforcementmatter,a de nedin ection

V.(H)anda indicated elow:


1.Tra c top .
2.Citizencontact relatedtoo ciallawenforcementmatter .
3.Impaireddriverinve tigation .
4.Vehiclepur uit /footpur uit .
5.Allcall -for- ervice.
6.Tran portationofan pri oner( )orcitizen( )foran rea on.
7.All earche (per on ,vehicle , tructure ,etc.)
8.Arre t ituation .
9.Otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontact whentheo cer elieve iti inthe e tintere tofthe
Departmentandthecommunit .

O cer areexpectedtocontinuetheirrecordinguntiltheconclu ionoftheevent.(VII.C)


Oncethe WCi turnedon,o cer willcontinuetorecorduntiltheconclu ionoftheevent.

Wheno cer failtorecord,o cer mu tju tif thefailureinwritingandnotif their


upervi or.(VI. )
...O cer whofailtoactivatethe WCwheninvolvedinano ciallawenforcementmatterarerequiredto
immediatel notif their upervi orandexplaintherea onforthenon-activation.Additionall ,theo cerwill
documenttheincidentandrea onfornon-activationviamemorandumtotheelementcommander theend
oftheo cer hift,cop totheProfe ionalCompliance ureau.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


MDPDallow victim tooptoutofrecordingifthe areinlocation where[the ]havea
rea ona leexpectationofprivac , utonl attheo cer di cretion.Thepolic doe not
explicitl requireinformedcon entofvulnera leindividual torecord.(VII.H)
Inlocation wherevictim havearea ona leexpectationofprivac , ucha are idence,ho pital,orplaceof
wor hip,ano cerma honoravictim reque ttoturno the WCunle therecordingi eingmade
pur uanttoanarre tor earchofthere idenceortheindividual . upervi or noti cationmu t emadeatthe
conclu ionoftheeventwhenareque ti honored.

In ituation notinvolvingvictim ,MDPDo cer arenotrequiredtonotif oro tain


con entfrom u ject .(VII.DI)
O cer arenotrequiredtoo taincon entfromindividual tovideo/audiorecord.O cer arenotrequiredto
informindividual thatthe are eingrecorded.If,however,theo cerdetermine thatinforminganindividual
ma de-e calatea ituation,orifa kedwhethera WCi eingutilized,theo cer houlddi clo ethathe/ he
i recording.

O cer canchoo etoturno their WCwhendealingwithindividual experiencing


matter ofaper onalnature, utthe ematter arenotde ned.(VII.I)
O cer hould alancetheneedtocapturedataofnon-evidentiar valuewiththedignit ofindividual who
ma eexperiencingmatter ofaper onalnature,andma turno their WCa deemedappropriate.
upervi or noti cationmu t emadeattheconclu ionoftheevent.

Miami-DadePDal oha nopolic thatrequire o cer toinform u ject thatthecamera


i recording.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
MDPDallow o cer toviewrelevantfootagewhilecompletingtheirreport .(VII.F;X.C)
VII.F.O cer , upervi or ,andinve tigator ma u edatacapturedviathe WC
inve tigationand/orcompletionofappropriatereport .

temtoa i twiththe

X.C....With upervi or approval, WCu er ma viewrecording


thepreparationofreport .

other toa i twiththeinve tigation and

Incriticalincident thepolic provide additionalguidancea outmaintainingtheintegrit


offootageimmediatel followingtheevent, utdoe notexplicitl prohi ito cer from
reviewingfootage eforewritingareportormakinga tatement.(X.I)
A.Duringthecour eofa hift,o cer equippedwith WC tem ma encounter ituation wherecritical
incident or pecialcircum tance arecapturedonvideo.Tho e ituation requireanimmediatere pon e
frominve tigativeunit andinclude, utarenotlimitedto,thefollowing:
1.Contactpolice hooting .
2.Non-contactpolice hooting .
3.In-cu tod death .
4.O cerinvolvedtra ccra he withfatalitie or eriou injurie .
5.On- cenecomplaint ofexce iveforce.
6.O cer u er eriou injur ordeathinthelineofdut .
.Duringthe ecircum tance ,o cer equippedwith WC tem thatcapturedtheincidentwill top
recording poweringdownthedeviceattheconclu ionoftheevent.The WC temwillremaina xedto
theo cer( )inthe amepo itiona itwa a xedthroughouttheevent,and hallnot ehandledinan
fa hionunle emergenc medicalattentioni nece ar ,requiringthatthedevice eremoved.Thelead
inve tigatorfromtheinve tigativeunitoragenc willretrievethe WCdevicefromtheo cer( )andproce
itaccordingtoagenc tandard forhandlingevidence.Inaddition,theleadinve tigatororde igneewillal o
coordinatethere pon eofaC I upervi or.Whowill ere pon i lefortherecover and torageofalldata
evidencecapturedonthedevice.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic doe notexpre l requirethatun aggedfootage edeleted.Itrequire that
un aggedfootage eretainedforaminimumof90da .(XIII.D)
Non-evidentiar data hall eretainedforatlea t90da ,ora longa neededforadmini trative
inve tigation orlitigation.

MDPD polic require aminimumretentionperiodforevidentiar data, utdoe not


mandateamaximumperiodofretention.(Addendum.1-11)
RetentionPeriod

Categor :

1.Tra c top 6month


2.Citizencontact relatedtoo ciallawenforcementmatter90da .
3.Impaireddriverinve tigation 3 ear .
4.Vehiclepur uit /footpur uit 1 earunle arre t,thenthearre tretentionapplie .
5.AllCall -for- ervice90da .
6.Tran portationofan pri oner( )orcitizen( )foran rea on6month .
7.All earche (per on ,vehicle , tructure ,etc.)90da unle arre t,thenthearre tretentionapplie .
8.Felon Arre t 5 ear oruntil naldi po itionofca e,whicheveri later.
9.Mi demeanorArre t 3 ear oruntil naldi po itionofca e,whicheveri later.
10.Otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontact whentheo cer elieve iti inthe e tintere tofthe
Departmentandthecommunit untilmanuall deleted.
11.Doe notmeeta ovecriteria90da .

Thepolic further tate thatalldatawill eretainedaccordingto tateretention


chedule ,whichcan efoundintheGeneralRecord cheduleG 2ForLaw nforcement,
CorrectionalFacilitie ,andDi trictMedical xaminer .However,the cheduledoe not
addre footagefrom od worncamera .(FloridaAdmini trativeCodeR.1 -24.003(1)( ))
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
MDPDexpre l for id footagetamperingandunauthorizedacce . mplo ee are
for iddenfromacce [ing],review[ing],[or]cop [ing]an footagefrom od worn
camera .(VIII. -I)

. mplo ee willnotacce ,review,cop ,orfacilitatetherelea eofan recordingo tainedviathe WC,other


thanforo ciallawenforcementpurpo e .
F. mplo ee willnotmakecopie ofan recording forper onalu eandareprohi itedfromu ingan recording
device( ucha aphone,camera,or econdar videocamera)torecordan datacaptured the WC tem.
G. mplo ee willnotu ean otherelectronicdevice orothermean inordertointentionall interferewiththe
capa ilit ofthe WC tem.
H. mplo ee willnotpo t WCfootagetoANY ocialmedia ite,withoutpriorwrittenapprovalfromthe
DepartmentDirectororhi de ignee.
I. mplo ee hallnotera e,alter,modif ortamperwithan recordeddata.Onl theauthorized
admini tratorintheVFUma era e,redact,forward,ordi tri utean recording.

tem

Whilethepolic tate thatthefootagei regularl audited it ecurecloud a ed


olutionthepolic doe notexpre l tatethatacce torecordedfootagewill elogged.
(X. )
WCrecording anddataarekeptinaclo ed,cloud a ed olutionwhichi regularl managedandaudited.
The efeature en uretheintegrit ofthedatauploadedtothecloud.TheC I willmaintaincu tod ofthi
cloud a ed tem.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


MDPDrelie onexi tingpu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila leandonl allow
di eminationforo cialpurpo e .(VII.K)
WCdatama onl edi eminatedforo cialpurpo e ora otherwi epermitted

applica lelaw.

MDPDdoe notexpre l allowrecordedindividual toviewfootagewhen lingcomplaint .


Ifcitizen wanttoreviewthefootage,the upervi orwillexplaintheprocedurenece ar
too tainacop ofthefootage,whichitdoe notfurther pellout.(VIII.C)
O cer willnotallowcitizen toreviewrecording onthe cene.A upervi or hall enoti edifacitizenin i t
onviewingtherecordingonthe cene.The upervi orwillexplaintheproceduretoo tainorviewacop ofthe
footage.

MDPD tate thatvideowill econ ideredinthepu licrecordandthatthedepartmentit


complie withtheapplica lelaw[ ]andwillrelea e WCdatainaccordancewiththe e
law .(XIII.A- )
A. WCdatacaptureda partofaDepartmentmem er dutie hall epropert oftheMDPDand e
con ideredano cialpu licrecordoftheDepartment.
.Therelea eof WCdatathroughapu licrecord reque torlegalauthorit hall egoverned

applica lelaw.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Miami-DadePDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

MilwaukeePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 21,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


MilwaukeePDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onit we itea part
ofit tandardOperatingProcedure .Thepolic i OP747,e ectiveJul 15,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
MilwaukeePDrequire o cer torecordallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact through
thecompletionoftheevent.(747.25.C.2.d,g)
d.Mem er witha WC hallmakeever e orttoactivatetheir WCforallinve tigativeor
enforcementcontact including, utnotlimitedto:
1.Vehicle top
2.Impaireddriverinve tigation
3.Fieldinterview andpede trian top
4.Tran portingcitizen orpri oner
5. earche ofper on orpropert
6.Di patchedcall for ervice
7.Crime cene
8.Cra h cene (ma eturnedo ifmem eri waitingonatowtruckandnoadditional
enforcementactivit i likel )
9.Advi inga u jectofMirandawarning (inthe eldorwithoutMedia olv)
10. u pect/witne tatement andinterview
11.Vehicleandfootpur uit
12. mergenc re pon etocriticalincident
...
g.Oncea WCi recording,mem er mu tcontinuetorecorduntileitherthecompletionofthe
eventoruntilthe leavethe ceneandtheirinvolvementintheeventcea e .

eforeprematurel toppingarecording,o cer mu trecordaju ti cationoncamera


eforeturningito .(747.25.D.3)

3.Mem er hallmakeaver alnotationontherecordingan timeheor heplan tointentionall


toparecordingpriortothecompletionofaneventorincident.Thever alnotationmu tinclude
therea onwh themem eri toppingtherecording.

However,wheno cer failtorecordarequiredincident,therei norequirementtoprovide


aconcreteju ti cation.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
MilwaukeePDprohi it o cer fromrecordinginaplace wherearea ona leexpectation
ofprivac exi t . utinother en itive ituation ,includingtho ethatinvolvenude
individual orvictim of exuala ault,MilwaukeePDgive o cer fulldi cretionover
whethertorecord.(747.25.D.1;747.25. 1-2)
D. XC PTION TOR CORDING
1.Policemem er havedi cretioninwhetherornottorecordpotentiall en itiveevent or
circum tance (e.g.,victim ofa exuala ault,childvictim tatement /interview ,nude
per on whoarenotthetargetofenforcementaction,oracitizenvictim/witne who
reque t the not erecordedwhilegivinga tatement,orwhereotherwi eauthorizedinthi
polic ).
...
.PROHI IT DR CORDING
Inkeepingwiththedepartment corevalue ofre pectandintegrit ,mem er a
adheretothefollowingguideline :

igneda WCwill

1. WC willnot eactivatedinaplacewherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha


dre ingroom ,lockerroom andre troom ...
2. WC hallnot eu edtorecorda od cavit earch,whichareonl allowedtooccurina
ho pitalormedical etting. WC' will eu edtorecord earche done o cer inthe eld
(e.g.,pat-down ,vehicle earche ).

MilwaukeePD ugge t ut top hortofrequiringthato cer inform u ject that


the are eingrecorded.Thepolic doe notexpre l allow u ject tooptoutof
recording.(747.25.C.2.h)
h.Whilenotrequired polic or tatelaw,mem er a igneda WCma nditvalua letoinform
otherpartie thatthe are eingrecorded.Thi ha provento ein uentialingarnering
cooperationof u ject andha een howntoreduceincident ofu eofforce.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
MilwaukeePDallow o cer toreviewfootagewhenwritingtheirreport .(747.25.I.1. )
1....Recording ma ereviewed:
...
. apolicemem erviewingtheirindividuall a ignedrecording toa i twithwritinga
report, upplement,citation,memorandumorcourtca epreparation.

Incriticalincident (actionre ultingingreat odil harmordeath)o cer arenotallowed


toviewrecording untilinve tigator arrive, utarenotprohi itedfromviewingfootage
priortomakinga tatementorwritingareport.(747.25.F.2)
2.Intheeventofacriticalincident,mem er a igneda od worncamerawillrefrainfromviewing
therecordeddatauntiltheinve tigativeentit re pon i lefortheinve tigationarrive onthe
cene.

Limit RetentionofFootage
MilwaukeePD peci e variou recordingmanagementcategorie andtheminimum
retentionduration foreachcategor .Un aggedfootagei to epre ervedfor130da
utiti notclearwhetherthi i aminimumormaximumperiod.(747.25.G.2)
2.RecordingManagementCategorie
a.Thefollowingrecordingcategorie areto eu ed.

...
2.Incident-NoO cialPoliceActionTaken/CallAdvi ed
a.Allvideo le thathavecontactwiththepu lichavingnoimmediateevidentiar value
atthetimeofrecordingwill e avedinthi categor .
.An lenottaggedintoanothercategor amem erwill eplacedintothi
categor .
c.File retainedinthi categor will epre ervedfor130da fromthedateof
recording.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


MilwaukeePDprohi it unauthorizedacce tofootage, utdoe notexpre l prohi it
o cer frommodif ing,deleting,orotherwi etamperingwithfootage.Thepolic al odoe
notindicatethatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(747.25.J.2)
2.Unauthorizedacce ing,cop ing,orrelea ingcapturedvideowithouttheapprovaloftheChiefof
Policeorhi /herde igneei trictl prohi ited.Mem er areprohi itedfrommakingcopie ofa
WCaudio/videorecording u inganotherrecordingdevice ucha acellphone.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


MilwaukeePDrelie onexi tingpu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,anddoe not
expre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.
(747.25.J.4-6)
4.Mem er willnotallowcitizen toreviewvideocaptured a WCunle therei aninve tigative
rea ontodo oand uchviewingha eenapproved a upervi or.Mem er halladvi ecitizen
thatthe ma reque tacop oftherecordingthroughthepu licrecord proce .
5.Therelea eofvideoreque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill ehandledinaccordancewith
exi tingpolic andpu licrecord law .Reproductionfee forduplicationofrecording will e
e ta li hed theCit ofMilwaukee....
6.Priortotherelea eofan WCrecordingtothepu lic,OpenRecord willen urethatproper
redaction have eenmadeinaccordancewith tatelaw.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


MilwaukeePDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Minneapoli PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$600,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 14,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Minneapoli PDdoe notappeartohavethemo trecentver ionofit WCpolic onit
we ite,thoughthedepartmentha madeit polic readil availa leinthepa tandha
haredthemo tupdatedpolic withthepu licandthemedia.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Thepolic peci e certaincontext whereo cer mu tactivatethe WC eforean
citizencontact,andallow o cer di cretiontoactivatethe WCduringgeneralcitizen
contactandan timeano cerfeel iti appropriatetopre erveaudio/vi ualdatawhile
takinga tatementfromavictimorwitne .(IV. )
ActivationRequired
a.When afetodo o,o cer hallmanuall activatethe WCduringthe elow ituation .
Tra c top .
u piciou Per on top
u piciou vehicle top .
An vehicularre pon erequiringemergenc drivinga de ned MPDP/P7-402,oremergenc
re pon ea de ned MPDP/P7-403.
Vehiclepur uit .
Work-relatedtran port notinvolvingride-alongoranotherCit emplo eeintheiro cialcapacit
a aCit emplo ee.
An earch,including utnotlimitedto earche ofvehicle ,per on,and uilding .
An contactinvolvingcriminalactivit .
An contactinvolvingph icalorver alconfrontation .
An contactthati ,or ecome adver arial.
Whenadvi ingaper onoftheirMirandaright .
Whenorderedto a upervi or.
Priortoan u eofforce.Ifa WCi notactivatedpriortoau eofforce,it hall eactivateda oon
a iti afetodo o.
An tacticalentr orforceentr into uilding,unle a upervi orha determinedinadvancethatthe

videooraudiodatacouldre ultinthedi clo ureofoperationalortacticalinformationthatwould


compromi ethee ectivene offutureaction orjeopardizeo cer afet .
.Activation halloccura oona po i le, ut eforean citizencontact.
i.Ifa ituationchange torequireactivation,theo cer hallimmediatel activatethe WCa oona
iti afetodo o.
All trip earche hall erecorded atlea toneper onpre entduringtheentiret ofthe trip earch,
includingallpre- earchin truction providedtotheper on eing earched.
...
2.ActivationwithO cerDi cretion
a.O cer ma activatethe WCinthefollowing ituation :
Generalcitizencontact wheretheo cerfeel thatrecordingi appropriate.
An timeano cerfeel iti appropriatetopre erveaudio/vi ualdatawhentakinga tatementfrom
avictim, u pectorwitne ....

Thepolic require o cer torecorduntiltheconclu ionoftheevent.However,thepolic


appear togiveo cer ar itrar di cretion allowingthemtodeactivatethe WCto
con ervepowerand/or torage,leavingaconcerningpotentialloophole.
Thepolic al o peci e certaincontact whereo cer ma , utarenotrequiredto,
deactivatethe WC.(IV.F)
1.Onceactivated,the WC hall eleftintherecordmodeuntiltheconclu ionoftheevent.Theconclu ionof
theeventoccur wheneithertheo cerorcitizen( )ha leftthe ceneoradetentionortran portha
concluded.
2.Notwith tandingthea ove,onceaneventha een ta ilizedandiftheo cerrea ona l elieve therei no
longernece ar audioorvi ualevidencetocapture,andthatnoneofthecircum tance requiringactivation
willlikel occur,the WCma edeactivatedduringactivitie ucha :
Whileprotectingaccident cene
Monitoringa ignedtra cpo t
A i tingmotori t
Toprotecttheidentit ofano cerinanundercovercapacit
Toprotecttheidentit ofacon dentialrelia leinformant
Theincidentoreventi of uchdurationthati nece ar todeactivatethe WCtocon ervepower
and/or torage.Ifiti nece ar todi cu i ue urroundingtheincident/inve tigationwitha
upervi ororanothero cerinprivate,o cre ma turno their WC.Thi include di cu ion
etweenFieldTrainingO cer witho cer intrainingthatare peci ctotrainingi ue .
Ifareque ti madefora WCto eturnedo apart eingcontacted,theo cer houldtakeinto
accounttheoverallcircum tance andwhati mo t ene cialtoallinvolved, eforedecidingtohonorthe
reque t....
Whenordered a upervi or. oththeo cerandthe upervi or halldocumenttherea onforthe
deactivationa de cri ed elowintheReportWriting ectionofthi polic .

O cer mu tde cri ewh the deactivatedthecameraoutloud,priortodeactivation,a


wella intheirreport (ifonei prepared).Ifareporti notprepared,therea onfor
deactivationmu t till edocumented.However,thepolic doe notrequireju ti cationfor
failuretorecord.(IV.F.3;IV.G.2)
Whena WCi deactivatedo cer hallde cri etherea on

narrationpriortodeactivation.

F.3.Ifareporti prepared,thedeactivationandtherea ontherefore hallal o edocumentedintheo cer


reportor upplement.
G.2.Ifareportwa notprepared,therea onforthedeactivation hall edocumentedviaaddedremark in
theCAD.
...
Ano cer halldocumentthefollowinginhi /herreport:
...
Ifthe WCwa deactivatedpriortotheconclu ionoftheevent,thefactthatthe WCwa deactivatedand
therea on ofdeactivation.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Thepolic peci e protectedcla

e ofvulnera leindividual ,includingtho eindividual

u jectto trip earche ,victim ,andwitne e ,andgive o cer di cretiontoturno


camera aftercon ideringthevulnera ilit ofthevictim.Thepolic encourage , utdoe
notrequire,informedcon entfromtho evulnera leindividual priortorecording.
(IV. .2.a;IV.F.2.)
IV. .2.a....O cer houldmakeane orttonotif avictimorwitne oftheu eofthe WCand houldattempt
togaintheircon enttorecordthe tatement.
IV.F.2....ano cerma choo etoturno the WCi it operationi inhi itingavictimorwitne fromgivinga
tatement.Factor tocon iderma includethet peofcallandthevulnera ilit ofthevictim, ucha the
victimofa exuala ault.

Thepolic al oencourage , utdoe notrequire,o cer tonotif mem er ofthepu lic


thatthe are eingrecordedandallow di cretionforo cer tonotan weraninquir from
thepu lica towhetherthecamerai recording.(IV.A.12)
Whenfea i le,o cer areencouragedtoinformmem er ofthepu licthatthe are eingrecorded.
a.Ifa ked,o cer houldinformtho einquiringthataudio-videorecordingequipmenti inu e,unle doing
owould eun afeforo cerand/ormem er ofthepu lic.

Underthepolic ano cerma uti notrequiredtodeactivatethecameraifapart


reque t notto erecorded.Thepolic in truct theo certoweightheoverall
circum tance andwhati mo t ene cialtoallinvolved eforedecidingwhethertohonor
uchreque t.(IV.F.2)
Ifareque ti madefora WCto eturnedo apart eingcontacted,theo cer houldtakeintoaccount
theoverallcircum tance andwhati mo t ene cialtoallinvolved eforedecidingtohonorthereque t.For
example,ano cerma choo etoturno the WCifit operationi inhi itingavictimorwitne fromgiving
a tatement.Iti uptotheo certomakethedeterminationa towhati e tfortheinve tigationor
contact....

Thepolic require o cer toturnthecameraawa during trip earche ovideoofthe


per on eing earchedi notcaptured.(IV. .1.c)
All trip earche hall erecorded

atlea toneper onpre entduringtheentiret ofthe trip earch....

i.Thecamera hall epo itionedtoa urethattheper on eing earchedi notcapturedonvideo.

Nota l ,thepolic doe prohi ito cer fromrecordingcon titutionall protected


activitie .(IV. .3.)
The WC hallnot eactivated olel forthepurpo eof urveillanceof,oridenti cationofindividual engaged
incon titutionall protectedactivitie conductedinalawfulmanner.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Thepolic encourage o cer toviewfootage efore linganinitialreporttoen urethe
accurac ofreport .(IV.G.1;IV.I.4).
G.1.Toen uretheaccurac ofreport ,ano cer houldreviewaudioandvideodata eforemakingareportor
tatement.
...
I.4.Datacaptured the WCma eacce ed anemplo ee,providedtheacce i inthecour eand cope
oftheemplo ee lawfuljo dutie ,oru eda evidencerelatedto:
Pendingadmini trative,criminal,civilortra cmatter ;
Acomplaintofmi conductmadeagain tano cer
In ituation whereevidenceofo cermi conducti di coveredduringthecour eofauthorizedacce
(includingforreview );
...
An otherpurpo eauthorizedunderthi polic andcon i tentwith tateandFederallaw.

Incriticalincident ( ituation includingdeadl force,death,orgreat odil harm)the


polic note thatvideoacce require approval, ut tilldoe not pecif whethero cer
canreviewfootagepriortowritingreport inthe eca e .(IV.J.3)
Inan CriticalIncident,videoandaudiodata hallnot eacce edunle approved
inve tigatingagenc .

thea igned

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic doe notexpre l requiredeletionofun aggedfootage.However,thepolic
require footagethati aggeda relatedtoarre t ,citation oru eofforceto eretained
forone ear.Thi appear to eaminimumduration,ratherthanamaximum.(IV.A.9.c)
c.Thefollowingcla i cationoption will eu ed:
Categor

RetentionPeriod

Training

90Da

Te t/ tartCheck

1Year

Pett Mi demeanor

1Year

Non videntiar /GeneralRecording

1Year

An Arre torMi demeanorCitation

7Year

U eofForce

7Year

igni cant vent


PendingReview

UntilManuall Deleted/Inde niteRetention(Minimum


of7 ear )
Retaineduntilotherwi ecla i edundera ove
categorie

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Thepolic expre l prohi it tamperingwithorde tro ing WCfootage, utprovide an
exceptionforauthorizedper onnel,whichthepolic doe notexplicitl de ne.(IV. .4)
Di a ling WCequipment,intentionall interferingwithaudio/videorecordingcapa ilitie and/oraltering
duplicating,deleting,orde tro ing WCrecording i prohi ited,except AuthorizedPer onnelinthecour e
and copeoftheirlawfuljo dutie andinaccordancewithrecordretentionlaw andpolicie andtheprovi ion
ofthi polic .Onl theChiefandhi orherde igneecande ignate uchAuthorizedPer onnel.

Thepolic note thatacce

todatai loggedandretained.(IV.I.8)

Allacce e ofthe WCdataaredocumentedautomaticall a partofthe WCequipmenttechnolog .Data


relatingtoacce e will eretainedinaccordancewiththeretention cheduleforthe WCdatathatwa
acce ed.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint
toviewrelevantfootage;rather,thepolic relie onexi tingpu licrecord lawandformal
legalavenue tomakefootageavaila le.(IV.I.1)
All WCrecording arethepropert oftheMPDandoriginal WCrecording hallremaininthe olecu tod of
theMPD,unle nece ar forthepreparationofcivil,criminaloradmini trativematter ,u edincourta
evidence,providedtoanexpertforanal i ,providedtoanotherlawenforcementagenc inthe copeoftheir
inve tigation,ifrequiredto eprovidedtoanother lawfulorderora ma otherwi e erequired the
Minne otaGovernmentDataPractice Actorotherapplica lelaw.

Whilethepolic provide that WCfootagema eacce edand/oru eda evidence


relatingtoacomplaintofmi conductmadeagain tano cer,thepolic doe notexpre

allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewrelevantfootageand


refer pu licreque t foracce tootherdepartment and tatute .(IV.I.4;IV.I.6-7).
4.Datacaptured the WCma eacce ed anemplo ee,providedtheacce i inthecour eand copeof
theemplo ee lawfuljo dutie ,oru eda evidencerelatingto:
...
Acomplaintofmi conductmadeagain tano cer
In ituation whereevidenceofo cermi conducti di coveredduringthecour eofauthorizedacce
(includingforcereview );
6.Pu licreque t for WCrecording hall ereferredtotheRecord InformationUnitandwill econ ideredin
accordancewiththeMinne otaGovernmentDataPractice Actorotherapplica lelaw.
7.O cer hallnot hare WCrecording withan mem erofthepu licoran MPDemplo ee,unle iti
requiredintheperformanceoftheiro cialdutie andcon i tentwith tateandFederallaw.

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Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Montgomer Count DepartmentofPolice

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Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
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Montgomer Count PoliceDepartmentpu li he it od worncamerapolic onit
we ite.MCPD mo trecent od WornCameraPolic i datedApril20th,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
MCPDprovide alonganddetailedli tof ituation wheno cer mu tu etheir WC.
(VI.C)
The WC mu t eactivatedduringalllawenforcementrelatedencounter andactivitie ucha , utnot
limitedto,thefollowingexample :
1.Attheinitiationofacallfor erviceorotheractivit thati inve tigativeorenforcementinnature.
2.Allenforcementandinve tigationrelatedcitizencontact .
3.Documentationofevidencethatcan eu edinthepro ecutionofcriminalandtra co en e .
4.Arre t andtran port
5.Tra c top
6.Priorit re pon e
7.Vehicleandfootpur uit
8. u piciou ituation
9.All earche (per on,vehicle , tructure ,e ect ),except trip earche
10.Interview andinterrogation
11.Mentalhealthinterrogation
12.An contactthat ecome adver arialaftertheinitialcontact,ina ituationthatwouldnototherwi e
requirerecording

Thepolic clearl de ne whenaneventi concludedando cer areallowedto


deactivatetheir WC.(VI.D)

Oncethe WC ha eenactivated,o cer willcontinuetorecorduntil:


1.Theo cerha leftthe ceneandanticipate nofurtherinvolvementintheevent;
2.A upervi orha authorizedthatarecordingma cea e;
3.Theo ceri nolongerengagedinarelatedinve tigativeorenforcementactivit ;or
Theeventha concluded.Aneventwill edeemedconcludedwhen:
a.allarre t have eenmadeandarre tee have eentran portedandrelea edfromcu tod ;
.allwitne e andvictim have eeninterviewed;
c.thecontinuedrecordingwillnot ervetoo tainadditionalevidence;and
d.nofurtherlawenforcementactioni likel tooccur.

O cer mu trecorda riefver alexplanationforthedeactivationoftheir WC efore


turningo thedevice.(VI. ).
Wheneverthe WC equipmenti deactivated,theo cermu trecorda riefver alexplanationfor
deactivationpriortoturningo therecording.

MCPD polic tate thatthereareexigentcircum tance inwhichtheo cerma not e


a letoactivatetheir WC .Theo ceri requiredtodocumenttherea onfortheirfailure
tou eordela ed tartoftheir WC .(VI.F)
Therema ein tance inwhicho cer areuna letoactivatetheir WC duetocircum tance makingit
un afe,impo i le,orimpracticaltodo o.Inthe eexigentcircum tance ,o cer hall eginrecordingwith
the WC atthe r trea ona leopportunit todo oanddocumenttherea onforthedela ed tartinthe
incidentreportand/ora partoftherecording.

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MCPDprohi it recordinganinterviewwithavictimofa exo en ewithouthi orher
con ent.(VI.I)
O cer arerequiredtoo taincon entpriortorecordinganinterviewwithavictimofa exo en e.Con entin
the eca e mu t edocumented/recordedoncamera.

Innon-victimca e ,o cer havedi cretiona towhethertoturno theircameraatthe


reque tof u ject .(VI.G)
In ituation whencommunit mem er ,witne e ,crimevictim orotherpartie wi hto hareinformation
relatedtocriminalactivit , utrefu etodo owhile eingrecorded,o cer willhavethedi cretiontoturno
the WC duringtheinterview.Thepreferencei torecord uch tatement ;however,iti recognizedthat uch
per on ma ehe itanttoprovideinformationwhile eingrecordedduetoafearofretaliation,privac
concern orafeelingthattheinformationi en itive.Inthe e ituation ,o cer ma decidethato taining
theinformationi moreimportantthanrecordingtheconver ation.In uch ituation,theo cermu trecorda
riefver alexplanationforthedeactivationpriortoturningo therecording.

O cer arerequiredtonotif individual thatthe are eingrecordedexceptwhenexempt


law.(VI. )
xcepta otherwi eexempted law,o cer willnotif individual thatthe are eingrecordeda oona
practica le,unle iti un afe,impractical,orimpo i letodo o.
1.Thi noticeprovi ioni ati edevenifanotherindividual ecome apart tothecommunicationafterthe
initialnoticeha eenprovided.
2. xample ofpotentialnoti cationlanguageinclude:
a.Youare eingaudi l andvi uall recorded;or
.Ourinteractioni eingrecorded m od camera.

O cer areprohi itedfromrecording trip earche .(VII. )


A WC willnot eu edtocreaterecording of trip earche .

Thepolic al oprotect theprivac ofindividual engagedincon titutionall -protected


activit .(IX.L)
A WC recordingofacon titutionall protectedactivit ma not eu edtoidentif per on pre entatthe
activit whoarenot u pectedof eingengagedinillegalactivit orinneedofa i tance.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
MCPDallow o cer toviewtheirrecording whilecompletingtheirreport a wella
eforecourtappearance .(IX.A.2)
A WC recordingma ereviewed
limitedto:

therecordingo cerforan workrelatedrea on,including utnot

...
2.Toa i twiththewritingofareportorothero cialdocument.
...
4.Toreview/prepareforcourt.
5.Tore pondtoacivil uit,criminalinve tigation(iftheo ceri the u jectoftheinve tigation),citizencomplaint,
oradmini trativecomplaint.Theo cer hallhavethea ilit toreviewtheir WC recordingofthe u jectincident
priortomakinga tatement.

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MCPDmandate thatnon-evidentiar recording will ede tro edafter210da

.(X.C)

C.Non-evidentiar recording will ede tro edafter210da ,unle thedepartmentdeem itnece ar to


retaintherecordingforalongerperiodoftime.
1.Arecordingwill eretainedlongerthan210da ifano cerortheo cer repre entativeprovide
noticetotheDepartmentwithin210da ofthedateoftherecordingofit potentialu einan
admini trativehearing.
2.Performanceevaluation hallnot ethe olerea onfortheDepartmentretainingarecording e ondthe
agreeduponterm.
3.Ano cerma electto ave WC recording forlongerthan210da iftherecordingwa u edto
upportaperformanceevaluationwhichre ultedina inglecategor eingrateda elowrequirement .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


MCPDexpre l prohi it o cer frommodif ingortamperingwiththe WCrecording in
an manner.(X.N-O)
N. mplo ee hallnotacce ,o tain,attempttoo tain,orcop /convertfortheirper onalu ean recording
produced a WC . mplo ee hallnotupload WC recording topu licand/or ocialmediawe ite .
O. xcepta authorized polic ,emplo ee hallnotattempttocop ,delete,alter,relea e,reu e,modif or
tamperwith WC recording inan manner. mplo ee areprohi itedfrommakingacop ofa WC
audio/videorecording u inganotherrecordingdevice, ucha acellphone.

Thepolic require thatacce

tofootagewill elogged.(IX.K)

Alogwill ekepttorecordacce toallrecording ando cer hallhavetimel andongoingacce tothelog.


Thelogwillincludethe:
1.Nameoftheemplo eeacce ingtherecording;
2.Rea onforacce withrea ona leclarit ;
3.Daterecordingwa acce ed;
4.Lengthoftimeitwa reviewed,and
5.An cop ingorediting.

MCPDal oexpre

l tate whoma acce

Recording ma ereviewed:

andviewrecording .(IX.A)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

ano certomake urethe WC temi workingproperl


ano certoa i twiththewritingofareportorothero cialdocument
ano certoreview/critiquehi orherownperformance
ano certoreview/prepareforcourt
aper onauthorized thedepartmentforthepurpo eofreviewingevidence
a upervi or
aper onauthorized thedepartmentparticipatinginano cialinve tigation ucha aper onnel
complaint,admini trativeinquir ,oracriminalorcivilinve tigation
8. authorizeddepartmentper onneltoa e po i letrainingvalue

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


TheMCPDpolic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct
complaint toviewrelevantfootage,onl notingthatrecording will erelea edunder
applica lepu licrecord laworwithpermi ionoftheChiefofPolice.(XI.A;XI. )
A.Thepu licrelea eof WC recording will econductedinaccordancewithapplica lepu licrecord law .
...
.Recording willnot edi eminated
authorit oftheChiefofPolice.

theemplo eewithoutreceivingwrittenpermi ionunderthe

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


TheMCPD polic prohi it theu eof iometrictechnologie ,withanarrowexception
madeforanal zingparticularincident u ing uchtechnologie .(IX.M)
The toredvideoandaudiodatafroma WC recordingma not:
1. eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot ;
2. eu eda ller inphotoarra ;or
3. e earchedu ingfacialorvoicerecognition oftware.
a.Thi doe notprohi ittheu eofrecognition oftwaretoanal zetherecordingofaparticularincident
whena worn upervi orha rea onto elievethata peci c u pectorper oninneedofa i tance
ma ea u jectofaparticularrecording.

However,weareconcernedthatthepolic limit there trictionto toredvideoandaudio,


whichleave roomfortheintegrationoffacialrecognitiontechnolog intolivevideocapture
and ituationalawarene technolog .

NewOrlean PoliceDepartment

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Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$237,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
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NOPDpu li he it WCpolic onit we itewithintheDepartment 1143-page
Regulation Manual.Thelate tavaila lever ionoftheRegulation Manuali datedMarch
15,2016.The WCpolic i Chapter41.3.10, tartingonpage181,andwa la trevi ed
Novem er22,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
NOPDrequire o cer torecordawiderangeof ituation .(10-14)
10....Activationofthe WCi requiredforthefollowing ituation :
(a)All eldcontact involvingactualorpotentialcriminalconductwithinvideooraudiorange;
( )Tra c top (toinclude, utnotlimitedto,tra cviolation , trandedmotori ta i tanceandallcrime
interdiction top );
(c) mergenc re pon e ;
(d)Vehiclepur uit ;
(e) u piciou vehicle ;
(f)Arre t andtran port ;
(g)Vehicle earche ;
(h)Con entto earch;
(i)Ph icalorver alconfrontation oru eofforce;
(j)Pede triancheck /Terr top ;
(k)DWIinve tigation ,including eld o riet te t ;
(l)Dome ticviolencecall ;
(m) tatement made individual inthecour eofaninve tigationorcomplaint;
(n)Advi ement ofMirandaright ;
(o) eizureofevidence;
(p) watroll ;
(q)High-ri kwarrant ;and
(r)Allcall for ervice.

11.An othercontactthat ecome adver arialaftertheinitialcontactina ituationthatwouldnototherwi e


requirerecording.
12.An otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontactwheretheo cer elieve thatarecordingofanincident
would eappropriate.
13.The WCma not eu edforthepurpo eofintimidatinganindividualortodi courageanindividualfrom
o ervingpoliceactivit ,makingappropriateinquirie ofano cer,ormakingacomplaint.
14.Departmentmem er havedi cretionwhethertoactivatea WCduringcon en ualcontact ofanoncriminalnature.

Ifo cer deactivatetheircamera eforetheconclu ionofanincident,the mu teither


eek upervi or approvalordocumenttheirrea oningoncamera.(34)
34.Oncethe WC temi activated,it hallremainonand hallnot eturnedo untilaninve tigativeor
enforcementcontactorincidentha concluded.Forpurpo e ofthi ection,conclu ionofanincidentha
occurredwhenano cerha terminatedcontactwithanindividual,clearedthe ceneofareportedincident,
orha completedtran portofacivilianoranarre tee.Inan in tanceinwhichce ationoftherecordingprior
totheconclu ionoftheincidentma epermitted,theo cermu t eekando tain upervi or approval
priortodeactivatingthe WC.If upervi or approvalcannot erea ona l o tained,o cer mu tdocument
onthe WCtherea onforterminationoftherecordingpriortodeactivationofthe WC.

However,NOPDha nopolic thatrequire o cer toprovideconcreteju ti cation when


the failtorecordrequiredincident .
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
WhileNOPDexpect o cer to eawareof,and en itiveto,civilian rea ona leprivac
expectation ,thedepartmentnonethele give o cer fulldi cretiontorecordduring
en itivecircum tance .Thepolic al odoe notexpre l allow u ject tooptoutof
recording.(10;33)
10.Thi polic i intendedtoachieveanappropriate alance etweenthe ene t of WCdevice andcivilian
rea ona leexpectation ofprivac .Althoughthi polic identi e tho e ituation inwhichactivationofthe
WCi required,ano cerha di cretiontomanuall activatethe teman timetheo cer elieve itwould
eappropriateorvalua letodocumentanincident.Inexerci ingthi di cretion,o cer hould eawareof,
and en itiveto,civilian rea ona leprivac expectation .The WC hallonl eactivatedforlegitimatelaw
enforcementpurpo e .
...
33.The WC hall eutilized an Departmentmem era ignedthi deviceduringallinve tigativeor
enforcementcontact however,therema elimitedcircum tance whenthere pectforanindividual
privac ordignit outweigh theneedtorecordanevent(e.g.avictimtraumatizedfollowingaviolent
a ault).Whenano cer elieve uchcircum tance exi t,orthatu eofa WCwouldimpedeorlimitthe
cooperationofavictimorwitne duringaninve tigativecontact,ano cerma deactivatethe WCafter
receivingauthorizationfroma upervi or.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
NOPDallow o cer toviewfootage eforecompletingtheirwrittenreport .(52-53)
52.Adepartmentmem erwhoha eena igneda WCdevicema reviewhi orherown WCrecordingto
helpen ureaccurac andcon i tenc ofaccount ....
53.ADepartmentmem erinvolvedinan u eofforceincidentoraccidentcau inginjurie will epermitted, ut
willnot erequired,toreviewhi orherown WCvideorecording priortoprovidingarecorded tatementor
completingreport ....

Limit RetentionofFootage
NOPD peci e minimumretentionduration , utdoe notrequirefootagedeletion.(9)
9.Digitalrecording hall epre ervedforatlea ttwo ear ,orifaca ei underinve tigationorinlitigationfor
longerthantwo ear ,atlea tthree ear afterthe naldi po itionofthematter,includingappeal ,unle a
writtenreque ti madeto torethemforalongerperiodoftimeforalegitimatelawenforcementpurpo e.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


NOPDexpre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce , utdoe not
indicatethatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(5-6;51)
5.Departmentmem er arenotauthorizedtomakecopie ofan recording fortheirper onalu eandare
prohi itedfromu ingarecordingdevice( ucha aphonecameraor econdar videocamera)torecordmedia
from VID NC .COM.
6.Departmentmem er a igneda WC hallnotera e,alter,reu e,modif ,de tro ,a u e,ortamperwith
WCaudiovideorecording orthedevice.Departmentmem er hallnotu eotherelectronicdevice or
othermean tointentionall interferewiththecapa ilit ofthe WCequipment....
51.Generalacce todigitalrecording hall egrantedtoDepartment-authorizedu er onl .Iti the
re pon i ilit ofauthorizedu er tokeeptheiru ername andpa word con dential.Acce ing,cop ing,or
relea ingan recording forotherthano ciallawenforcementpurpo e i trictl prohi ited,excepta
required law.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


NOPDdoe notexpre
viewfootage.

l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint to

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


NOPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

NewYorkPoliceDepartment

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Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
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NYPDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,thedepartmentha relea ed
adraftofanewpropo edpolic andi activel olicitingfeed ackfromthepu lic.Thefull
textofthedrafti availa lefromthePolicingProjectandi currentthroughJul 31,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
TheNYPDpolic li t a peci c etofaction thato cer mu trecord(3).O cer are
giventhedi cretiontorecordotheradditionalactivitie (4),a longa tho eactivitie are
notontheprohi itedrecording li t(6).
3.MANDATORYACTIVATION:UMO mu tactivate WCpriortoinitiatingora i tinganotheruniformed
mem erof ervicewith:
a.Takingan ofthefollowinginve tigativeorenforcementaction :
i.Arre t
ii.A ummon e (onl iftheoperatorofthevehiclei pre ent)
iii.A ummon e (onl iftheoperatorofthevehiclei pre ent) andC ummon e
iv.Vehicle top
v.Inve tigative ncounter with u pect a edonfoundedorrea ona le u picion,namel Level2
(CommonLawRightofInquir )andLevel3(Terr top )Inve tigative ncounter ,a de cri edin
P.G.212-11
vi.An earchofaper onorhi orherpropert ,excludinginventor earche
vii.Interaction withan motionall Di tur edPer on
viii.U e offorcea de nedinP.G.221-03
ix.Pur uit
x.In-cu tod tran portationofpri oner /arre tedper on (includingtran portationtothe
tationhou e,ho pitaloran detentionfacilit )
.Re pondingtothe ceneofan in-progre call for ervice,including10-13,the10-30 erie ,10-85
(excludingadmini trativea i tance),call for erviceinvolvingaweapon,and hot potteractivation .
c.ConductinganinteriorpatrolofeitheraHou ingAuthorit re idential uilding(pur uanttoP.G.212-60)

ornon-Hou ingAuthorit re idential uildingenrolledintheTre pa A davitProgram(pur uanttoP.G.


212-59). WC mu t eactivatedimmediatel eforeenteringthere idential uildingand houldnot e
deactivateduntilexitingthe uildingandconcludingan a ociatedpoliceaction.
...
4.DI CR TIONARYACTIVATION:UMO ma recordotheractivitie when,inthemem er judgment,itwould
e ene cialtorecord, olonga recordingi notprohi ited tep6.
...
6.PROHI IT DR CORDING : WC hallonl eu edwhileconductingo ciallawenforcementdutie .Do
notrecordan ofthefollowingevent orlocation :
a.Theperformanceofadmini trativedutie ornon-enforcementfunction
.Activitie withinthecommandorDepartmentfacilitie ,exceptforlodgingapri oner
c.Departmentalmeeting ortraining
d.Per onalconver ation ofor etweenDepartmentper onnelwithouttherecordedemplo ee knowledge
e.Per onal,o -dut activit ,includingpaiddetail
f.Interviewingacurrentorpotentialcon dentialinformant
g.Interviewingthevictimofa excrime
h. trip earche
i.Whenpre entinacourtfacilit ,exceptfortheimmediatelodgingofapri oner
j.Whenpre entinamedicalfacilit
i.Ifpre entinanam ulance,however,refrainfromrecordingmedicaltreatmentorpatient/caregiver
conver ation , uttheUMO ma continuetorecordifnece ar ,e.g.,theaidedindividuali in
cu tod andpotentiall com ativeori avictimandcon ent totherecording
k.An individual whoareengagedinpoliticalactivit ( eeP.G.212-72).Politicalactivit i theexerci eofa
rightoffreeexpre ionora ociationforthepurpo eofmaintainingorchanginggovernmentalpolicie or
ocialcondition .
l.Reporttherecordingofaprohi itedeventli tedinthi teptothePatrol/Unit upervi orandmakean
ACTIVITYLOGentr de cri ingtheevent.

NYPDal o pell outthecircum tance inwhicho cer ma deactivatetheircamera .(5)


5.D ACTIVATION:Oncethe WCha eenactivated,continuerecordinguntiltheinve tigativeor
enforcementactioni concluded.Iftherecordedeventi anarre t,mem er houldcontinuerecordingand
notdeactivatethe WCuntilthepri oneri lodgedatacommandforproce ing.
a.The WCma edeactivateduponarecordedreque t amem erofthepu licifinthejudgmentofthe
UMO iti afeandadvi a letodo oandaftercon ideringallthecircum tance ,includingthe
reque ter righttoprivac .Ifa u pecti pre entatthe cene,donotdeactivatethe WC.

Wheno cer failtorecordrequiredincident ,NYPDrequire themtodocumentandju tif


uchfailure .(3.d)
d.Upondi cover ofafailuretorecordortheinterruptionofarecordinginvolvingan eventli tedinthi tep,
report uchfailureorinterruptiontothePatrol/Unit3 upervi orandmakeanACTIVITYLOGentr de cri ing
theeventandtherea ontheeventwa notrecorded.

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NYPDprohi it o cer fromrecordingindividual incertain en itive ituation ,including
victim of excrime andan oneengagedinpoliticalactivitie .(6)
6.PROHI IT DR CORDING : WC hallonl eu edwhileconductingo ciallawenforcementdutie .Donot
recordan ofthefollowingevent orlocation :
...
g.Interviewingthevictimofa excrime
h. trip earche
...
j.Whenpre entinamedicalfacilit
i.Ifpre entinanam ulance,however,refrainfromrecordingmedicaltreatmentorpatient/caregiver
conver ation , uttheUMO ma continuetorecordifnece ar ,e.g.,theaidedindividuali in
cu tod andpotentiall com ativeori avictimandcon ent totherecording
k.An individual whoareengagedinpoliticalactivit ( eeP.G.212-72).Politicalactivit i theexerci eofa
rightoffreeexpre ionora ociationforthepurpo eofmaintainingorchanginggovernmentalpolicie
or ocialcondition

NYPDadvi e o cer tocon idertheneed ofvictim andwitne andthe en itiveofthe


natureofthecrime eingreportedindecidingwhethertorecord.(NOT following3)
NOT :...Themandator recordingrequirement in tep3ma cau etherecordingofinitialaccount
victim orwitne e .Otherthanavictimofa excrime,mem er houldgenerall recordinitialencounter
withwitne e orvictim , ucha awitne orvictim initialreport, pontaneou utterance ,ph icalinjurie ,
oran relevantph icalo ervation ofthe cene.However,mem er mu tcon idertheneed ofvictim and
witne e andthe en itivit ofthenatureofthecrime eingreportedindecidingwhetherandforhowlongthe
tatement hould erecorded(providedthatan deactivationi inaccordancewith tep5).

Mem erofthepu licwhichwouldpre uma l includevictim ma reque tthat


o cer deactivatetheircamera forprivac rea on .Uponreceiving uchareque t,o cer
ma deactivatewhichallow o cer toturntheircamera o , utneverrequire them
todo o.Thepolic would e trongerifit aidthato cer mu tdeactivatein uch
ituation .(5.a)
a.The WCma edeactivateduponarecordedreque t amem erofthepu licifinthejudgmentofthe
UMO iti afeandadvi a letodo oandaftercon ideringallthecircum tance ,includingthereque ter
righttoprivac .Ifa u pecti pre entatthe cene,donotdeactivatethe WC.

O cer areencouragedtonotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded.(2)


2.NOTIC OFR CORDING:Uponactivatinga WCforrecording,mem er areencouragedtoadvi emem er
ofthepu licthatthe are eingrecordeda oona iti afeandpractica letodo o.Con entfroma u jecti
notrequiredto tartorcontinuerecording.
a. ugge tednoti cation: ir/Maam,Iwanttoadvi e outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded a od camera.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
NYPDallow o cer toviewfootageintheperformanceoftheirdutie .Intheeventofa
Level3u eofforce(deadl ph icalforce),whileo cer ma notviewfootage efore
turningitovertoa upervi or,the ma tillreviewrecording priortomakingano cial
tatement.(9)
9.VI WINGOF WCR CORDING :
a.Intheperformanceoftheirdutie ,mem er ma viewtheirown WCrecording ,exceptforrecording
relatedtoaLevel3u eofforce.
i.Mem er whorecordevent relatedtoaLevel3u eofforcemu trefrainfromreviewing WC
recording oftheeventandimmediatel urrenderhi orher WCtotheForceInve tigationDivi ion
upervi ororotherde ignated upervi or.TheUMO [UniformedMem erofthe ervice]ma
reviewrecording relatedtotheLevel3u eofforce eforegivingano cial tatement utatatime
andplace et theForceInve tigationDivi ion upervi or.
. xcepta prohi itedin9(a),mem er ma view WCrecording made othermem er iftheviewingi
infurtheranceofaninve tigation,preparationofaca eorothero cialpurpo e ....

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepropo edNYPDpolic give permi iontotheRi kManagement ureautodeletevideo
ifappropriate.Howeveritdoe not pecif ,andthu doe notrequire,amaximum
retentionperiod.(34)
...Ri kManagement ureauma purgevideo,ifappropriate.

Thedi cu ionmaterialattachedtothepropo edpolic ugge t a ixmonthretention


polic forun aggedfootage. utthi i ntfoundinthepolic it elf,nori itclearthat ix
month i amaximumretentionperiod.(page10)
A ageneralmatter,theNYPDintend toretainvideofor ixmonth ....

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


NYPDexpre l prohi it footagetamperingandunauthorized haringoffootage,and
indicate thatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedandaudited.(7-9)
7.PR

RVATIONANDDOCUM NTATIONOF WCFOOTAG :

e.Donotattempttoalterordelete WCrecording .Mem er ma corrector upplementthetag ontheir


ownrecording
8.R L A OF WCR CORDING : WCrecording arethepropert oftheNewYorkCit PoliceDepartment
and hall etreateda o cialrecord andhandledpur uanttoexi tingDepartmentpolicie andprocedure .
Donotduplicate, how,orrelea e WCrecording exceptforo cialpurpo e .
9.VI WINGOF WCR CORDING :
...
....Allviewing will erecordedandmonitored

the WCaudit

tem.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thedi cu ionmaterialattachedtothepropo edpolic indicate thatNYPDintend togive
complainant acce torecordedfootage.(Page9)
...TheNYPDal o elieve thatmem er ofthepu lic,innon-criminalca e , hould eallowedtoviewvideo
priortomakingaformalCCR complaint.

However,theactualpolic doe notre ectthatintention.Infact,it tate thatreque t


houldalwa edeclinedandreferredtopro ecutor .(9.c)
c.Reque t
3.

witne e orvictim toviewa WCrecording hould ehandledpur uanttothenoteafter tep

Inthenoteafter tep3:
Reque t awitne orvictimtoviewa WCrecordingthatdepict a u pect hould edeclinedandreferred
toanA i tantDi trictAttorne .

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


NYPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

OaklandPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


OaklandPDpu li he themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionofit WCpolic onit
we ite,linkedfromit DepartmentalPolicie andProcedure page.Thepolic i
DepartmentalGeneralOrderI-15.1,e ectiveJul 16,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
OaklandPDrequire o cer torecordadetailedandlength etofcircum tance .(II.A)
A.Requiredactivation
Mem er hallactivatetheir[camera]underan ofthefollowingcircum tance :
1.Citizencontact tocon rmordi pela u picionthatthecitizenma einvolved,a a u pect,in
criminalactivit ;
2.Detention andArre t ;
3.A e mentorevaluationforap chiatricdetention...;
4.Involvedper onnel,a de ned [thedepartmentpolic onPur uitDriving],duringavehiclepur uit;
5. ervinga earchorarre twarrant;
6.Conductingan ofthefollowing earche ofaper onand/orpropert :
a.Incidenttoarre t;
.Cur or *(i.e.,patdownorlimitedweapon earch);*[]
c.Pro a leCau e;
d.Pro ation/Parole;
e.Con ent;or
f.Inventor
7.Tran portingan detainedorarre tedcitizen(excludingpri onerwagontran port );or
8.Upontheorderofahigherrankingmem er.
Mem er hallactivatetheir[camera]priortoinitiatingthecircum tance enumeratedinPartII.A.1-7,
a ove.

Onceactivated,o cer mu tnotturno theircamera untiloneofthede ned


circum tance occur .(II.D.1)
1.Mem er hallnotde-activatetheir[camera],whenitwa activateda required
followingoccur :

thi polic ,untiloneofthe

a.Theirinvolvementinthecitizencontact,arre tordetentionha concludedor ecome aho pitalguard..


.;
.The receiveanorderfromahigherrankingmem er;
c.The aredi cu ingadmini trative,tacticalorlawenforcement en itiveinformationawa fromthe
citizen;
d.The areatalocationwherethe arenotlikel tohaveinteractionorachanceencounterwiththe u pect
(e.g.outerperimeterpo t,tra ccontrolpo t,etc.);
e.The earche requiringactivation...haveconcludedandthemem er elieve the willhavenofurther
interactionwiththeper on;
f.The rea ona l elievetherecordingataho pitalma compromi epatientcon dentialit ;
g.Apur uitha eenterminatedandthemem erperform therequiredaction ,a peci edin[the
departmentpolic onPur uitDriving],ornoti e Communication the arein- ervice;or
h.The areinterviewinganinformantforthepurpo eofgatheringintelligence.Attheconclu ionofthe
interview,the[camera] hall ere-activateduntilnolongerrequired polic .
i.The aremeetingwithanundercovero cer.Attheconclu ionofthemeeting,the[camera] hall ereactivateduntilnolongerrequired polic .
Afteramem erde-activate their[camera],iti theirre pon i ilit toen urethe re-activatetheir
[camera] houldthecircum tance requireit.

Thepolic de cri e di erentactivationanddeactivationrequirement for tatement


taking, utweomittho erequirement herefor revit .(II.D.2)
O cer ma recordattheirdi cretionwhennototherwi erequired
camerau emu t edocumentedinwriting.(II. ,III.C.1)

polic ,howeverall

II. .Di cretionar ActivationandDe-Activation


Mem er ,whennotprohi itedfromorrequiredtoactivatetheir[camera],ma u etheirowndi cretion
whendecidingtoactivateandde-activatethe[camera].
...
III.C.[Camera]U eDocumentation
1.Per onnelarerequiredtodocumentallactivation oftheirPDRD,exceptforte toraccidentalrecording .
Documentation hall eprovidedinatlea toneofthefollowingreport ,a appropriate:
a.CrimeReport;
.Con olidatedArre tReport,electronicorpaper,orJuvenileRecord;
c.FieldInterview;or
d.CADnote
e.U eofForceReport

Wheno cer failtorecord,the mu tal odocumenttherea oninwriting.(III.C.2)


2.Per onnelarerequiredtodocumentandexplaininoneofthereport peci eda ovean dela edornonactivationoftheirPDRDwhenPDRDactivationwa required.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


OaklandPDallow ( utdoe notrequire)o cer toturno theircamera duringcertain
en itive ituation , ucha inve tigatingachilda u eor exuala aultvictim.(II.C.2,4;
II.D.1.f )
C.PDRDActivationi notrequiredunderan ofthefollowingcircum tance :
...
2.Duringapreliminar inve tigationwithachilda u evictimoravictimofa exuala ault;
...
4.Mem er onaguarda ignmentataPolice,Medical,P chiatric,JailorDetentionfacilit .Mem er hall
a e thecircum tance (e.g., u pect demeanor/action , pontaneou tatement ,etc.)ofeach
guarda ignment,onacontinuing a i ,todeterminewhethertodi cretionaril activateorde-activate

their[camera].
D.De-activationofthePDRD
1.Mem er hallnotde-activatetheirPDRD,whenitwa activateda required
thefollowingoccur :

thi polic ,untiloneof

...
f.The rea ona l elievetherecordingataho pitalma compromi epatientcon dentialit ;

OaklandPDal oprovide peci cguidanceon tatementtaking, utthepolic i vaguea


towhethero cer impl needtonotif u ject thatthecamerai on,orwhethero cer
actuall needtoo taincon ent.(II.D.2.a)
2. tatementtaking
Per onnelareauthorizedtou ethe[camera]torecord tatement inlieuoftakingawritten tatement.
[Camera ],however, hallnot eu edtorecord tatement fromchilda u eor exuala aultvictim .
a.Per onnel halladvi eoro taincon entfromvictim orwitne e whentakingaPDRDrecorded
tatement.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
OaklandPDrequire o cer to leaninitialwritten tatement eforerelevantfootagei
reviewed,for omecriticalincident ,likewheno cer u eforcethatre ult indeathor
eriou odil injur .OaklandPDin titute atwo- tepproce .Fir t, eforeviewingthe
footage,theinvolvedo cermu t u mitaninitialreporttotheinve tigator. econd,once
theinitialreporti approved,theo cerma viewthefootage,and egivenanopportunit
to upplementtheinitialreport(pre uma l ,withacleardelineationofthepart ofthe
reportthatwerewritten eforeandafterfootagewa reviewed).(IV.A.2-3)
IV.VI WING[CAM RA]VID OFIL
Viewing[camera]video le i authorized,re trictedorprohi iteda follow ...:
A.Level1U eofForce,Level1Pur uitorIn-Cu tod Death
...
2.Noper onnelinvolvedinorawitne totheincidentma viewan audio/videorecording priorto
einginterviewed theappropriateinve tigativeunitandreceivingcommandapproval.
3.Onceamem er report( )ha een u mittedandapprovedandthemem erha eeninterviewed
theappropriateinve tigator,theinve tigatorwill howthemem erhi /heraudio/video.Thi will
occurpriortotheconclu ionoftheinterviewproce [.]
Per onnelwill egiventheopportunit toprovideadditionalinformationto upplementtheir
tatementandma ea kedadditionalque tion theinve tigator .

A idefromthea ovecircum tance ,whenano ceri underinve tigation,o cer ma


onl viewrelevantfootageuponapproval theCriminalInve tigationDivi ionorthe
InternalA air Divi ion.(IV. .)
Forallotherca e ,o cer ma reviewrelevantfootage.(IV. )
.Mem erReview
Mem er areauthorizedtoreviewtheirown[camera]recording toproperl identif thedata le ,refre htheir
memor regardinganincidentoran otherworkrelatedpurpo e,unle otherwi eprohi ited polic .

Limit RetentionofFootage
OaklandPDretain allfootageforaminimumoftwo ear ,withnoapparentdeletion
requirement.(VI.A.3)
3.[TheProjectAdmini tratorha there pon i ilit to][e]n urePDRD le are ecuredandretainedfora
minimumoftwo(2) ear ;

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


OaklandPDexpre

l prohi it footagetamperingandunauthorizedu e.(I.C- )

C.All[camera] le arethepropert oftheOaklandPoliceDepartment.Unauthorizedu e,duplication,editing,


and/ordi tri utionof[camera] le i prohi ited.
D.Per onnel hallnotdeletean [camera] le,excepta peci edinPartVII,C.
.Per onnel hallnotremove,di mantleortamperwithan hardware/ oftwarecomponentorpartofthe
[camera].

achtimedepartmentmem er viewfootage,the mu tdocumenttherea onwh the


footagei eingacce ed,indicatingthatallviewingi logged.(V. )
.ViewingaPDRDvideo le
Authorizedper onnelviewingan video le halldocumenttherea onforacce intheComment eld
ofeachvideo leviewed.Theentr hall emadeeitherpriortoviewingthevideoorimmediatel after
viewingthevideo.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


OaklandPDdoe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint
toviewfootage.Allnon-departmentalreque t arehandled exi tingdepartmentpolic
onpu licrecord reque t(DGOM-9.1),whichi notpu li hedonthedepartment we ite.
(VII. )
.Non-DepartmentalReque t .
Pu licRecord reque t hall eacceptedandproce ed,inaccordancewiththeprovi ion offederal,
tate,local tatute andDGOM-9.1,PU LICR CORD ACC
,andforwardedtotheProject
Admini trator.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


OaklandPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

OklahomaCit PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 18,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


TheOklahomaCit PoliceDepartmentdoe notmakeit od worncamerapolic pu licl
andreadil availa leontheirwe ite.Thelate tver ioni fromOcto er2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
OCPDclearl de cri e whencamera mu t eactivated.(188.30)
acho cer hallactivatehi orher od -worncamerainthefollowingcircum tance :
1.Voluntar contact(onl inapu licplaceoraplacewherethepu licandtheo cerhavearightto e)....;
2.Priortoan inve tigativedetention,tra c top,cu todialarre t,orpotentialoractualu eofforce;
3.Priortoinitiatingan Code3re pon e;
4.Uponreceivingorre pondingtoaPriorit 1orPriorit 2call;
5.Whilere pondingtoorinvolvedinan vehicleorfootpur uit;
6.Whenconductinga tandardizedField o riet Te t( F T)orDrugRecognition xpert(DR )evaluation;
7.Whiletran porting,guardingorcomingintocontactwithan per onwho ecome agitated,com ative,
threateningormake tatement relatedtohi orherarre t/protectivecu tod ;or
8.Whendirected a upervi or.

O cer al ohavethepowertoactivatetheir WCwhenthe deemitappropriate.


(188.31)
Ano cerma activatehi orher od -worncameraan timetheo cerdeem itappropriatetorecordfor
o cialpurpo e ,excepta prohi itedunderProcedure188.32.

O cer arerequiredtomakearecordedannouncementpriortodeactivatingregarding
therea onthecamerai eingdeactivated.(188.33)

Priortodeactivatinga od -worncameraandwhen afetodo o,theo cer hallmakearecorded


announcementa totherea onthecamerai eingdeactivated, ucha :
1.Contactcompleted;
2.Incidentconcluded;
3.Ordered upervi or(name)toendrecording;
4.Interviewingvictim,witne ,reportingpart orinvolvedpart ;or
5.Non-enforcementactivit .

OCPDal orequire thato cer whofailtoactivatetheir od worncamera willprovidea


upplementalreporttodocumenttheirfailuretorecord.(188.45)
Theo cer halldocumentina upplementalreporttherea ona od -worncamerawa notactivatedwhenit
houldhave eenactivateda required Procedure188.30.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


OCPD polic explicitl tate whenthecamera houldnot eactivated,includingfor
rea on ofprivac ,ando cer arenotpermittedtoknowingl recordvictim .(188.32)
Unle required
camera:

Procedure188.30,ano cer hallnotactivateor halldeactivatehi orher od -worn

1.Whenknowingl interviewingvictim ,witne e ,involvedpartie orreportingpartie ;


2.Inan ituationwhereindividual havearea ona leexpectationofprivac , ucha theirre idence,a
athroomoralockerroom;
3.Inahealthcarefacilit ,unle required Procedure188.36;
4.Duringadmini trativeinve tigation unle approved theinve tigating upervi or;
5.Whenknowingl inthepre enceofanundercovero cerorinformant,unle recordingi reque ted
undercovero cer;
6.Duringactivitie ,conver ation ormeeting withlawenforcementemplo ee ;
7.Duringper onalconver ation ,activitie ormeeting thatarenotlawenforcementrelated;
8.Attheconclu ionofacallorincident;or
9.Whendirected a upervi or

the

Whenano cercome incontactwithavoluntar contacttheo cer hallreceivecon ent


fromtheminordertocontinuerecording.(180.30.1)
Ifavoluntar contacti initiatedinalocationwhereaper onha area ona leexpectationofprivac ,andthe
criteriali tedinnum er 2-8 elowdonotappl ,theo cer hallreceivecon entfromtheper onpriorto
continuingtorecordthevoluntar contact.

Ano ceri notrequiredtoadvi eaper onthe are eingrecordedunle required


Procedure188.30.1(requiringo cer too taininformedcon entin ituation wherea
per onha area ona leexpectationofprivac ).(188.40;188.30)
188.40. xcepta required Procedure188.30.1,ano ceri notrequiredtoadvi eaper onheor hei
recordingtheirinteractionunle theper on peci call a k ifthe are eingrecorded,atwhichpointthe
o cer hallinformtheper onthe are eingrecorded.
188.30.1
Ifvoluntar contacti initiatedinalocationwhereaper onha area ona leexpectationofprivac ,and
thecriteriali tedinnum er 2-8 elowdonotappl ,theo cer hallreceivecon entfromtheper onprior
tocontinuingtorecordthevoluntar contact;
...

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
OCPDencourage o cer tou e WCrecording toa
(188.50)

i twiththecompletionofreport .

Ano cerwill eallowedtoreviewhi orher od -worncamerarecording ortheportionofanothero cer


recordingwherethato ceri captured:

1.Toa i twithaninve tigationandcompletionofreport ;


2. eforemakingan tatementor einginterviewed,whentheo ceri the u jectofaninve tigation.If
theo ceri the u jectofanadmini trativeinve tigation,heor hema haveanemplo ee
repre entative/legalcoun elpre ent.Iftheo ceri the u jectofacriminalinve tigation,heor hema
havelegalcoun elpre ent;or
3.Priortote tif ingincourt.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic ha aclearretention cheduleforvariou categorie offootage, utthepolic
appear toa ignminimum,ratherthanmaximum,period ,withoutrequireddeletion.
(188.70)
Inve tigativeDetention(NoArre torCitation)60da
Whenano cerplace aper onunderinve tigativedetentionfora hortperiodoftime, utultimatel relea e the
per onandnocitationi i ued.
ProtectiveCu tod (PIA, OD,JuvenileTran port/Cu tod )60da
Whenano certran port anadulttoPIAortake anadult/juvenileintoprotectivecu tod underan ODor
tran port ajuveniletoa helterorre pon i leper onforrelea e.
Tra c topand/orColli ionInve tigation(NoArre t/NoCitation/MinororNoInjur 60da
Whenano cerconduct atra c top utnoarre ti made,nocitationi i ued,orwhenano ceri workinga
motorvehiclecolli ioninvolvingnoinjur orminorinjur andnocu todialarre ti madeandnocitationi i ued.
FieldInterview/Citizen A i t/Voluntar Contact ,etc.60da
Whenano cerinitiate a eldinterview,voluntar contactoracitizena i t,wherenoforcei u ed,nocitationi
i uedandnoarre ti made.
CADCall orOtherActivit NotIdenti edA ove-NoFurtherAction.60da
Whenarecordingdoe not tunderan ofthea ovecategorie .
Tra c topand/orColli ionInve tigation(CitationI ued/NoCu todialArre t/MinororNoInjur )180da
Whenano cerconduct atra c topwhereacitationi i uedwithnocu todialarre t,orwhenano ceri
workingamotorvehiclecolli ioninvolvingnoinjur orminorinjur ,andacitationi i ued utnocu todialarre ti
made.
Mi demeanorArre t(Citizen Arre t/WarrantArre t/PCArre t)oranInve tigationInvolvinga
Mi demeanorCrime1 ear
Whenano cermake ami demeanorarre t,regardle iftheper oni ookedintojail, eldrelea ed,etc.,orwhen
ano ceri a ignedtoorre pond toami demeanorcrimeinve tigationandconduct aninterview,inventor ,
earch,prepare acrime cenelog,crimeincident/ upplementalreportetc.
Felon Arre t(Citizen Arre t/WarrantArre t/PCArre t)oranInve tigationInvolvingaFelon Crime
( xceptHomicide)3 ear
Whenano cermake afelon arre t,regardle iftheper oni ookedintojail,ho pitalized,etc.,orwhenan
o ceri a ignedtoorre pond toafelon crimeinve tigationandconduct aninterview,inventor , earch,
prepare acrime cenelog,crimeincident/ upplementalreport,etc.
Colli ionInve tigationInvolvingaFatalit orGreat odil Harm3 ear
Whenano ceri involvedininve tigatingafatalit orgreat odil injur colli ionregardle ifacitationi i uedor
anarre ti made.
HomicideArre t,FieldInve tigation,Interview,Inventor or earch, tcPermanent
Whenano cermake ahomicidearre t,regardle iftheper oni ookedintojail,ho pitalized,etc.,orwhenan
o ceri a ignedtoorre pond toahomicideinve tigationandconduct aninterview,inventor , earch,prepare
acrime cenelog,crimeincident/ upplementalreportetc.
PendingReview

upervi orUntilReviewed

Whenano cerneed tohaveavideoreviewed a upervi orpriortomakingadeterminationonhowthevideo


hould ecategorized.
Admini trative:Pur uit 3 ear
Whenano ceri a ignedto,re pond toori involvedinamotorvehiclepur uit.
Admini trative:U eofForce(NoInjur /MinorInjur withorWithoutHo pitalization)3 ear
Whenano ceri involvedinorwitne e au eofforceinvolvingnoinjur orminorinjur withorwithout
ho pitalization.Thi include u eofle lethaldevice .
Admini trative:Colli ion InvolvingDepartmentVehicle (NoInjur /MinorInjur withorwithout
Ho pitalization)3 ear
Whenano ceri involvedinorwitne e amotorvehiclecolli ioninvolvingadepartmentvehiclewherenoinjur or
minorinjur occur withorwithoutho pitalization.
Admini trative:FormalComplaint /InternalInve tigation (Non-Criminal)3 ear

Whenano ceri involvedinaformalcomplaintoranadmini trativeinve tigation.


Admini trative:OpenRecord Relea e3 ear
Whenanopenrecord cop ofanoriginalrecordingi relea ed,theretentionperiodfortheoriginalrecordingwill e
changedtothi categor unle alongerretentionperiodalread applie .
Admini trative:Mi demeanorWarrant3 ear
Whenawarrantha eeni uedforami demeanorchargethatwa initiall categorizedundera horterretention
period.
Admini trative:Felon Warrant7 ear
Whenawarrantha eeni uedforafelon chargethatwa initiall categorizedundera horterretentionperiod.
Admini trative:CriminalInve tigationofaDepartment mplo eeNotInvolvingADeath7 ear
Whenadepartmentemplo eei the u jectofacriminalinve tigationnotinvolvingadeath.
Admini trative:U eofForce(Deathor eriou odil Injur )Permanent
Whenano ceri involvedinorwitne e au eofforceinvolvingdeathor eriou odil injur withorwithout
ho pitalization.Thi include u eofle lethaldevice .
Admini trative:Colli ion InvolvingDepartmentVehicle (Deathor eriou odil Injur )Permanent
Whenanemplo eei involvedinorwitne e amotorvehiclecolli ioninvolvingadepartmentvehiclewheredeath
or eriou odil injur occur .
Admini trative:CriminalInve tigation ofDepartmentPer onnelInvolvingaDeathPermanent
Whenadepartmentemplo eei the u jectofacriminalinve tigationinvolvingadeath.
Admini trative:Inve tigativeRetentionPermanent
Whenaninve tigatordetermine thatarecordingneed to eretained e ondtheoriginalretentionperioddueto
circum tance oftheinve tigation.

Thepolic add thatrecording thathavenoevidentiar valuewill ehandled


Digital videnceManagementUnit.(188.51)

the

Anoriginalrecordingthatma haveevidentiar valuewill emaintained theDigital videnceManagement


Unit.Ifaredactioni to emade,acop oftheoriginalrecordingwill emadeandonl thecop will eredacted.
Theoriginalandthecop will emaintained theDigital videnceManagementUnit.
Anoriginalrecordingthatha noevidentiar valuema edeleteda provideda ove.However,priortodeletion
ofan non-evidentiar recording,theDigital videnceManagementUnit hallcon ultwiththeMunicipal
Coun elor O ce.WhenarecommendationfromtheMunicipalCoun elor O cedi er fromthe
recommendationoftheDigital videnceManagementUnitregardingdeletion,theinformationwill e
forwardedtotheChiefofPolice,orde ignee,forre olution.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


OCPDprohi it o cer fromalteringordeletinginformationfromthe WC.(188.35.2)
od -worncamera andor od -worncamerarecording hallnot e:
...
Copied,deleted,altered,uploaded,reviewedorrelea edinan manner,excepta authorized
directive ;

written

...

OCPDa ign theDigital videnceManagementUnittomaintainrecording amongother


thing , utthepolic doe notprohi itunauthorizedacce ornotethatacce will e
logged.Thepolic a ign re pon i ilit forprovidingauditinformationtothe od -Worn
CameraAdmini trator utdoe notnotewhati auditedinthe
tem.(188.60;188.15)
188.60.The od -WornCameraAdmini tratori re pon i lefor:
...
5.Providingauditinformation.
TheDigital videnceManagementUniti re pon i lefor:
1.Maintainingrecording inaccordancewithdepartmentretentionprocedure ;
2.Proce ingreque t forredactionordeletionandmaintainingrecord ofthe ereque t ;
3.Providingrecording pur uanttoOpenRecord reque t ;
4.Proce ing u poena andcourtorder forrecording ;and
5.Proce ingreque t forreviewfromauthorizedper onnel.

188.15.Digital videnceManagementUnitTheunitre pon i leformanagementoftheaudioandvideo


recording o tainedfrom od -worncamera .Thi include , uti notlimitedto,cop ing,redactingor
deletingtheaudioand/orvideorecording .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


OCPD polic doe notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conduct
complaint toviewrelevantfootage.However,OCPDwillprovidecopie ofrecording in
accordancewithfederaland tatelaw.(188.71)
TheOklahomaCit PoliceDepartmentthroughtheRecord Unitwillprovidecopie ofrecording from od worncamera inaccordancewithfederaland tatelaw.TheRecord Unitand/ortheDigital vidence
ManagementUnitwillcon ultwiththeMunicipalCoun elor O cea needed.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

OmahaPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$67,500DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 8,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


TheOmahaPDpu li he it mo trecent WCpolic onlinea partofit Policie and
Procedure Manual, eginningonpage57,titled od WornCamera ( WC).Themo t
recentpolic wa i uedonMa 26,2016,andwa currenta ofJune27,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
OmahaPDrequire o cer torecordalllawenforcement-relatedencounter utprovide
relativel widedi cretion eginningthe ectionwithwhenfea i leadi tinctionit
doe notde ne.(V. -F;V.K)
.Whenfea i le,o cer hallactivatethe WCwhenthe arriveintheareaofthecallfor erviceandduringall
lawenforcement-relatedencounter andactivitie thatoccurwhileo cer areondut .
1. xample oflawenforcement-relatedactivitie include utarenotlimitedtothefollowing:tra c top ,
arre t , earche ,interrogation and/orinterview ,footand/orvehiclepur uit ,expeditedlevel
re pon e ,citizenand/or u pecttran port ,violation oflaw,an ituationinwhichtheMVRwould e
activated(whetherornottheirvehiclei equippedwithanMVR),etc.
NOT :Whenindou t,o cer hallactivatethe WC.O cer hallrecordan ituationorincidentthe
elieve,throughtheirtrainingandexperience, hould eaudi leandvi uall recorded.
F.Whenfea i le, ackup/a i tingo cer hallactivatetheir WC ,regardle ofwhetherornotothero cer
WC areactivatedorotherrecordingdevice arerecordinganincident.
...
K.Onceactivated,o cer hallmakecertainthatthe WCcontinue recordinguntiltheincidentand/orcitizen
contacti completed.
1.Forcriticalincident , ucha Pur uit ,U eofForceincident involvingActivel Re i tive u ject ,
A aultive/High-Ri k u ject ,orLifeThreatening/ eriou odil Injur u ject (a de cri edinthe
OPDForce-U eofForcepolic ).The WC hallNOT edeactivateduntila upervi ordetermine the

incidenti completed.

Thepolic al oallow o cer todeactivatethecameraifthe donotrea ona l elieve


thatdeactivationwillre ultinlo ofcriticaldocumentar information, ut eforethe do,
o cer mu tver all recordtherea ononcamera.(V.L;V.O)
L.The WC hallNOT edeactivatedduringanevent/incident,unle :
1.Theo cerdoe notrea ona l elievethatdeactivationwillre ultinlo ofcriticaldocumentar
information
2.A upervi ordirect ano certo toprecording.
3.Awitne orvictimrefu e toprovidea tatementifrecordedandtheencounteri non-confrontational.
4.Intheo cer judgementarecordingwouldinterferewiththeo cer a ilit toconductthe
inve tigation,would einappropriate ecau eofthevictimorwitne ph icalcondition,emotional
tate,age,orother en itivecircum tance (e.g.avictimofrape,ince t,orotherformof exuala ault),
orwouldri kthe afet ofacon dential ource/informant,citizeninformant,orundercovero cer.
...
O.Priortodeactivatingthe WC,o cer willver all announcetheirintentiontodeactivatethe WCand/or
providea hortexplanation(i.e..theeventi concluded,a upervi orapproveddeactivationofthe WC,etc.).

Wheno cer failtorecordarequiredincident,the mu tprovideawrittenju ti cationin


theirDail Report.(V.G)
G.Ifo cer doNOTactivatethe WCduringanincidentthe would eexpectedtorecord,the halldocument
theirrea on( )fornotrecordinginthecomment eldoftheDail ReportundertheCameracategor and
WC ection.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


OmahaPDprohi it o cer fromrecordinginplace wherearea ona leexpectationof
privac exi t .Thepolic allow o cer tochoo etodeactivatetheircamera ifinthe
o cer judgementitwould einappropriatetorecordthevictimincertain en itive
circum tance .However,thepolic doe allowthe evictim toa rmativel optoutof
recording.(V.L.4;VI)
V. od WornCameraOperationalGuideline
L.The WC hallNOT edeactivatedduringanevent/incident,unle :
...
4.Intheo cer judgementarecordingwouldinterferewiththeo cer a ilit toconductthe
inve tigation,would einappropriate ecau eofthevictimorwitne ph icalcondition,
emotional tate,age,orother en itivecircum tance (e.g.avictimofrape,ince t,orotherformof
exuala ault),orwouldri kthe afet ofacon dential ource/informant,citizeninformant,or
undercovero cer.
...
VI.Privac Con ideration andProhi ition
1.Tore pectthedignit ofother ,o cer willtr toavoidrecordingvideo ofper onwhoarenude,or
when en itivehumanarea areexpo ed.
NOT :O cer hallnotactivatethe WCwhileconducting trip earche .
2.O cer hallnotrecordplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha locker
room orre troom ,unle the arepre entinano cialcapacit .
3.Whileinpatientcarearea ofamedicalfacilit ,o cer willonl recordwith WC whentherecording
i foro ciallawenforcementpurpo e .Care hould eu edtorecordonl thepartie involvedin
theevent einginve tigated.
4.O cer hallnotrecordnon-lawenforcement-relatedper onalactivit .
5.O cer hallnotintentionall recordconver ation offellowemplo ee withouttheirknowledge
duringroutine,non-lawenforcement-relatedactivitie .
6.O cer hallnotknowingl recordcon dentialinformant orundercovero cer .

O cer arenotrequiredtonotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded.(V.D)

D.Whenfea i le,o cer willinform u ject thatthe are eingrecordedvia WC.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
OPDallow o cer toviewrecording whenpreparingtheirreport .(VII. )
.O cer ma reviewrecording whenpreparingwrittenreport ofevent tohelpmakecertainoftheaccurac
andcon i tenc ofaccount .
NOT : WCrecording arenotareplacementforrequiredwrittenreport .

venforincident thatrequireimmediateretrievalofRecordedMedia, ucha emplo eeinvolvedincident ,thepolic tilldoe notexplicitl aro cer fromviewingfootageprior
towritingreport orpreparingte timon .Thepolic indicate that uchmediawill e
cla i eda LOCK Dandre trictedto peci cemplo ee , utdoe notde newhothe e
peci cemplo ee arenorunderwhatcircum tance the ma acce lockedfootage.
(IV.A)
A.Whenanincidentari e ( eriou crime cene ,emplo ee-involvedincident ,etc.)thatrequire immediate
retrievalofRecordedMedia,thefollowingprocedurewill efollowed.
1.Iffea i le,a eld upervi orwillre pondtothe ceneandordertheimpacted WCto ecollectedfor
tran fertothe WCAdmini trator.
2.The WCAdmini trator hallverif thatallrecording have eentran ferredfromthe WCto
vidence.com.
3.The WCAdmini trator hall:
a.Makeaworkingcop oftheRecordedMediafortheinve tigativeunit.
.CreateaDVDa theoriginalcop and ooktheoriginalcop intotheOPD videnceandPropert
Unit,perOPDprocedure .
c.CompleteanOPD upplementar Report(PortalOne/OPDForm200A).Provideadditionalcopie a
reque ted theCI Commander.
4.The WCAdmini trator hallmakecertainthatthe WCi returnedtoit a ignedo cer.
5.The WCAdmini trator hallu ethecla i cationLOCK DontheRecordedMedia.Recording
cla i eda LOCK Darere trictedto peci cemplo ee .
NOT : eetheOPDForce-Inve tigativeProce forU eofForceIncident Involving eriou Injur
orDeathpolic forprocedure governingretrievalof WCrecording ofthe et pe ofincident .

Limit RetentionofFootage
OmahaPDnote thatmediawill eretainedforaperiodoftwo ear , utthi appear to e
aminimumdurationwithnorequirementtodeletefootage.(VIII.A- )
VIII.VideoRetention,Cla i cation,and WC

temAdmini tratorRe pon i ilitie

A.Allmedia toredon vidence.comwill eretainedforaperiodoftwo ear .


.Thecla i cationcategor LOCK Dwill eu edtocla if eriou incident including, utnotlimited
to,o cer-involved hooting andcrui eraccident .
1.Recording cla i eda LOCK Darere trictedto peci cemplo ee onl .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


OPDprohi it thedeletion,alteration,anddownloadoffootagewithoutpriorauthorization.
(VII. -D)
. mplo ee hallnotera e,alter,reu e,edit,cop , hare,modif ,ortamperwith WCrecording withoutprior
writtenauthorizationandapprovaloftheChiefofPoliceorde ignee.
C.O cer hallnotrecord,download,orotherwi etran fer WCrecording ontoan t peofper onalrecording
device ,including utnotlimitedtoper onalcellularphone ,videorecorder ,ta le ,etc.
D.Topreventdamageto,oralterationof,originalRecordedMedia, uchmedia hallnot ecopied,viewed,or
otherwi ein ertedintoan devicenotapproved the WC
temAdmini trator.

Thepolic indicate thatacce torecordedfootagewill eaudited


admini tratorforunauthorizedacce .(IV.D)

tem

D.The WC
temAdmini trator( )willperiodicall audit WCRecordedMediatomakecertainonl authorized
u er areacce ingthedataforlegitimateandauthorizedpurpo e ....

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


OPDdoe notexpre l allowcomplaintant toviewfootage,andfor id emplo ee from
pla ing ackordi eminatingfootageout idetheagenc withoutpriorauthorization.
(V.I;VII.A)
V. od WornCameraOperationalGuideline
...
I. mplo ee hallnotpla ack WCrecording tomem er ofthepu lic.
...
VII.Recording,DuplicationandReview
A.All WC andallRecordedMedia,image ,audiorecording ,andmetadatacaptured the WC arethe
propert oftheOPD.Di eminationout idetheagenc i trictl prohi itedwithout peci cwritten
authorizationoftheChiefofPoliceorde ignee.Violator will e u jecttodi ciplineuptoandincluding
termination.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


OPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)
to earchfootage.

ParkerPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 21,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


ParkerPDprovide awe pagededicatedtoit WCprogram,whichinclude alinktoit
mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic ,la tupdatedonMa 6,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
ParkerPDrequire o cer torecordallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact throughthe
conclu ionofthecontact.(3.25.4. -G)
. nforcementmem er houldactivatethe WCattheinceptionofallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact
thatareconductedinper onwithamem erofthepu lic,untilthecontactwiththemem erofthepu licha
concludedandtheenforcementmem erha leftthe cene,whichinclude utarenotlimitedto;pede trian
top ,con en ualencounter ,call -for- ervice,on-viewevent .
F.Theenforcementmem er houldactivatethe WCatthe r trea ona leopportunit todo o,unle an
immediatethreattotheenforcementmem er lifeor afet make activatingthe WCimpo i leor
dangerou ,inwhichca etheenforcementmem er houldactivatethe WCa oona iti afetodo o.
G.Additionalarrivingenforcementmem er thatareequippedwith WC houldactivatetheircamera and
eginrecordingthe ituationupontheirarrivaluntiltheenforcementmem erleave the cene.

Wheno cer failtorecordanentirecontact,the mu tdocumenttherea onwh that


occurred.(3.25.6)
3.25.6... WCDOCUM NTATION
Ifanenforcementmem erfail toactivatetheir... WC,fail torecordtheentirecontact,orinterrupt the
recording,theenforcementmem er halldocumentwh therecordingwa notmade,interruptedor
terminated.Appropriatedi ciplinar action hall etakenagain tan enforcementmem erwhoi foundto
haveintentionall failedtoadheretotherecordingorretentionrequirement containedinthi polic ,ortohave
intentionall interferedwitha WC a ilit toaccuratel capturevideofootage.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


ParkerPDrequire o cer tonotif u ject thatthecamerai recording.Inman
circum tance ,includinginteraction withapparentcrimevictim ,o cer mu to er
u ject theoptionto toptherecording.(3.25.4.H-L)
H. WC houldnot eu ed urreptitiou l .Wheneverpo i le,enforcementmem er wearinga WC hould
notif an per on( )thatthe are eingrecorded a od cameraa clo etotheinceptionoftheencounter
a i rea ona l po i le.
I.Duringcon en ualencounter inlocation wheremem er ofthepu lichavearea ona leexpectationof
privac , ucha are idence,anenforcementmem er hallo erthemem erofthepu lictheoptiontohave
the WCdi continueit recording.Ifthemem erofthepu licreque t therecording edi continuedthe
enforcementmem er houldimmediatel di continueu eofthe WC.
J.Wheninteractingwithanapparentcrimevictim,theenforcementmem er hould,a oona fea i le,a kthe
apparentcrimevictim,ifthe wanttheenforcementmem ertodi continueu eofthe WC.Iftheapparent
crimevictimre pond a rmativel ,theenforcementmem er houldimmediatel di continueu eofthe
WC.
K.Wheninteractingwithaper on eekingtoanon mou l reportacrimeora i tinongoinglawenforcement
inve tigation,anenforcementmem er hould,a oona fea i le,a ktheper on eekingtoremain
anon mou ,ifthe wouldliketoremainanon mou andwouldliketheenforcementmem ertodi continue
u eofthe WC.Iftheper on eekingtoremainanon mou re pond a rmativel ,theenforcementmem er
houldimmediatel di continueu eofthe WC.
L.Allenforcementmem ero er todi continuetheu eofthe WC,andthere pon e thereto, hould e
recorded the WCpriortodi continuingtheu eofthe WC.

Inaddition,o cer areprohi itedfromrecordingat chool ormedicalfacilitie ,withfew


exception .(3.25.5. )
D.The WC houldnot eactivatedwhileontheground ofan pu lic,privateorparochialelementar or
econdar chool,orin ideamedicaltreatmentfacilit ,exceptforthefollowingexception :
1.duringtime whenallpartie eingvi i l oraudi l recordedareinaprivateroomwithcon entfor uch
recording;
2.whilea ectinganarre t;
3.whilecontrollingaper onthroughre pon etore i tancetechnique ;or
4.whileindirectph icalcontrolofare trainedper on;or
5.an othercircum tance thatareextraordinar .

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Incertain ituation ,ParkerPDrequire o cer tocompleteaninitialreport efore
reviewingan relevantfootage.(3.25.5.F)
F.Circum tance whenanenforcementmem eri expre l prohi itedfromviewingthevideo leuntilafter
the havecompletedaninitialreportarea follow :
1.Ifanenforcementmem eri u pectedofwrongdoingor;
2.Ifanenforcementmem eri involvedinacriticalincident, ucha ano cer-involved hootingorother
eriou u eofforce.

Inotherca e ,o cer ma viewfootageforexactquote


policemi conductcomplaint .(3.25.5.G.2)

individual whoare ling

G.ReportingRequirement
...
2.Unle prohi ited thi polic ,enforcementmem er ma makereferencetothe WCfootagefor
exactquote thatwereu ed thecontactedpartie ,in teadoftran cri ingconver ation intoa
writtenreport.

Limit RetentionofFootage
ParkerPDretain un aggedfootageforaminimumofone ear,anddelete un agged

footagewithinthree ear .(3.25.10.A)


A.Datagathered theMVRor WC hall eretainedand tored thi Departmentoranauthorizedthirdpart foraminimumofone(1) earfromthedateofcreationhowever hallnotexceedthree(3) ear unle it
ha evidentiar orexculpator valueinacriminalorcivilaction.Intho ecircum tance ,theapplica ledata
hould edownloadedfromthe erverand ookedintothe vidence ectionviathe A Tandwill e
retainedfollowingtheTownofParkerRecord Retention chedule.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


ParkerPDexpre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce ,and
indicate thatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedandaudited.(3.25.4;3.25.5.G.3;
3.25.6;3.25.7.F-G)
[3.25.4]Anauditlogwill emaintained the WC torage tem,whichwilldocumentmem eracce to le ,
duplicationof le anddi eminationof le .Thi auditlogwill edigitall attachedtothe WCvideo le
withinthe torage tem.
...
[3.25.5.G.3]2.Alldigitalmediacapturedu ingthe WCwill econ ideredpropert oftheParkerPolice
Department.Acce ing,cop ingorrelea ingan recording an mem erforotherthano ciallaw
enforcementpurpo e i trictl prohi ited,excepttotheextentdi clo urei requiredpur uanttothe
ColoradoOpenRecord Law.
...
[3.25.6]...Appropriatedi ciplinar action hall etakenagain tan enforcementmem erwhoi foundtohave
intentionall failedtoadheretothe...retentionrequirement containedinthi polic [ howna ove]....
...
[3.25.7]F.No tatic/image /recording taken an mem erinthecour eand copeoftheirdutie ma e
u ed,printed,copied, canned,e-mailed,po ted, hared,reproducedordi tri utedinan manner,unle for
o ciallawenforcementpurpo e .Thi prohi itioninclude thepo tingofan Departmentphotograph on
per onalWe ite including utnotlimitedto,Face ook,M pace,YouTu e,otherpu lic afet agenc We
ite ,ore-mailingtofriend ,relative orcolleague withoutpriorapprovaloftheChiefofPolice.
[3.25.7]G.AllDepartmentdigitaldatawill edownloadeda oona fea i le,andwill ecatalogedand toredin
a ecuredata a ewithacce limitedtoappropriatemem er .After eingdownloaded,digitaldataon
memor card will eera ed,includingan mem er per onaldevice .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


ParkerPDexpre l allow recordedindividual (ortheirlegalde ignee)toreviewfootageof
allincident thatincludethatindividual.(3.25.9. )
.An mem erofthepu lic,parentorlegalguardianofaminor,oradecea ed u ject nextofkinorlegall
authorizedde igneewhoi a u jectofvideofootage, hall epermittedtoreviewthat peci cvideofootage
inordertomakeadeterminationa towhetherthe willvoluntaril reque titto e u jecttoathree(3) ear
retentionperiod.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


ParkerPD harpl limit theu eoffacialrecognitiontechnologie toperform road
earche ofrecordedfootage.(Anarrowexceptioni madeforanal zingparticularincident
u ing uchtechnologie ).(3.25.5. )
.TheDepartment hallnotutilizean iometrictechnolog , ucha facialrecognition,toconduct earche of
video le . toredvideoandaudiodatafroma WC hallnot:
1. eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot ;
2. eu eda ller inphotoarra ;or
3. e earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware.
xception:Thi u ectiondoe notprohi itthemem er fromu ingarecognition oftwaretoanal zethe
recordingofaparticularincidentwhenamem erha rea onto elievethata peci c u pectorper oninneed
ofa i tancema ea u jectofaparticularrecording.Theexceptionmu t eapproved themem er
direct upervi or.

However,weareconcernedthatthepolic limit there trictiontovideo le and tored


videoandaudio,whichleave roomfortheincorporationoffacialrecognitiontechnolog
intolivevideocaptureand ituationalawarene technolog .

PhiladelphiaPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Januar 14,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


PhiladelphiaPDpu li he it pilot WCpolic onit we ite,linkedfromtheDepartment
manualofDirective .Directive4.21on od -WornCamera Voluntar PilotProgram
wa i uedande ectiveonApril20,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
PhiladelphiaPDrequire o cer torecordallcontactwiththegeneralpu lic,andthe
entiret ofeachcontact.(4-A, )
A.Authorized od -WornCamera hall eactivatedwhenre pondingtoallcall for erviceandduringalllaw
enforcementrelatedencounter andactivitie involvingthegeneralpu lic.Thi hallinclude, uti notlimited
to(PL AC2.4.2a):
1.Whenre pondingtocrime inprogre andpriorit one(1)a ignment ,
2.Wheninitiatingan vehicularorfootpur uit,
3.Whenconductingan vehicleorpede trianinve tigation,
4.Wheninitiatinga ightarre torcitation,
5.Whenhandlingadi tur anceorcri i relatedincident,
6.Whenhandlingan prote tordemon tration,and
7.Whenconfronted an mem erofthegeneralpu licthati orma ecomeconfrontational,
antagoni ticorho tile.
.Withthefollowingexception ,oncea od -WornCameraha eenactivated,it hallremainactivatedand
recordinguntiltheeventorincidentha concludedandtheo cerha eenplaced ackinto ervice Police
Radio....

Wheno cer arepermittedtoturno theircamera eforethecontactend (e.g.,for


privac rea on ),o cer mu t tatetherea ononcamera eforeturningito .(7-J)
J.Ifano ceri requiredtodeactivate od -WornCamerapriortotheconclu ionofan incidentorevent

pur uantto ection 4- and/orC,theo cer hall tate,whilethedevicei tillactivated,wh thedevicei


eingdeactivated.
NOT :Whenthecondition thatrequiredthedeactivationhavecea ed,iftheeventorincidenti ongoing,the
o cer hallreactivatethe od -WornCamera.

Wheno cer failtorecordarequiredevent,the mu tnotif theirimmediate upervi or


anddocumenttherea onwh theeventwa notrecorded.(6-H)
H.Ifanincidentoreventthatwa requiredto erecordedpur uantto ection4-Awa notrecordedfor
whateverrea on,theo cer( )a igneda od -WornCamera hall:
1.Notif theirimmediate upervi or,and
2.Documentthi factontheunderl ingincident75-48,alongwiththerea on( )wh theincident/eventwa
notrecorded.
3.Iftheincident/eventdoe notrequirea75-48ortheo cera ignedthe od -WornCamerai not
re pon i lefortheincident75-48,theo cera ignedthe od -WornCamera hall u mita eparate
75-48.Thi 75-48willli ttheunderl ingincidentDCnum erandtherea onwh theincident/eventwa
notrecorded.Thi reportwill ecoded3413-InformationalReque t.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


PhiladelphiaPDrequire o cer toturno theircamera uponthereque tofacrime
victim,andincertain en itivelocationandcircum tance (4- ,4-C,7-F)
4- ....[O] cer halldeactivatea od -WornCamerapriortotheconclu ionofanincidentoreventunderthe
followingcircum tance
1.Priortoenteringthere idenceofan individual,unle priorcon enti providedandrecordedwiththe
od -WornCamera,
2.Whenreque ted acrimevictim,witne orinformant,
3.Whentherecordingwouldcapturegrue omeimage ,per on nudeorwhen en itivehumanarea are
expo edandtherei nolegitimatelawenforcementneedtocapturetheimage ,
4.Whenenteringareligiou in titution,during ervice ,and
5.Whenenteringaho pitalroomorprivatepatientareainaho pital.
4-C.PROHI IT DR CORDING
1. od -WornCamera hallnot eu edoractivatedto:
...
.Inplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t (i.e.,lockerroom ,dre ingroom or
re troom ),
c.Torecordconver ation withcon dentialinformant andundercovero cer ,
d.Duringan trip earche ,...
7-F.Priortoenteringthere idenceofan individual,unle priorcon enti providedandrecordedwiththe
od -WornCamera,the od -WornCamera hall edeactivated.
1.Oncein ideare idence,ifpractical,o cer hallreque tpermi iontorecord.Ifpermi ioni granted,
the od -WornCamera hall eactivatedandthere identwillagain ea kedforcon enttorecord.
2.Ifatan timeare identre cind con enttorecordwhileinare idence,o cer hallimmediatel ora
oona practical,deactivatethe od -WornCamera.

Inaddition, ecau ePenn lvaniai atwo-part con ent tate,o cer mu tinform
u ject thatthe are eingrecorded,a umingoralcommunication aretakingplace.
(7- )
.Onceonlocationofanincidentorevent,o cer hallinform,a oona rea ona l practical,theindividual
identi a l pre entthattheo cerha interceptedandrecordedtheoralcommunication(i.e.thatthe are
eingrecorded)(PL AC2.4.2 ).

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
PhiladelphiaPDallow o cer toreviewfootagewhenwritingtheirreport .(9- -2)
2.Departmentper onnel hallreviewtheirowndigitalrecording andma view hareddigitalrecording from
othero cer on ceneforreportwriting,courtpreparation ,and/ortrainingpurpo e .

veninacriticalincident,likeaweapondi chargeorother eriou u eofforce,the


operationalprotocol peci e thattheo cer camera etaken a upervi ortothe
di trictanduploadeda oona po i le utitdoe notexplicitl prohi ittheo cer
fromreviewingthefootageinthe eld eforethatcanhappen.(7-K)
K.Ifan od -WornCameravideocapture apolicedi charge, eriou l injuredo cer,amotorvehicleaccident
involving eriou odil injur ordeath,oran u eofforcere ultingin eriou odil injur ordeath,the
o cer od -WornCamera hall etakentothedi trict the r tavaila le upervi oranduploaded.
1.The upervi or hallimmediatel notif the od -WornCamera
temAdmini tratoroftheincidentand
reque tthevideofootage elockedfromviewfromalldepartmentalper onnelexceptthePolice
Commi ioner,Deput Commi ioner ,thea ignedinve tigator,andtheDi trictAttorne o ce.
However,thePoliceCommi ionerortheirde igneema approveacce tootherindividual orentitie if
nece ar orrequired courtorder.
2.Oncethevideofootagei uploaded, tored,andlocked,the od -WornCamerawill ereturnedtothe
o cer,ifpo i le,a oona practical.

Limit RetentionofFootage
PhiladelphiaPD peci e aretentionperiodof15da forun aggedfootage, utthat
appear to eaminimumretentionperiod.Thepolic doe notclearl indicatewhen
un aggedfootagemu t edeleted.(4-D,9-A-1)
4-D.Unle a peci cincidentoreventi markeda evidence,digitalrecording captured od -Worn
Camera hall eretainedfor fteen(15)da fromthedateoftheincidentorevent.Theretentionofdigital
recording markeda evidence hall econ i tentwithexi tingdocumentretentionperiod forthe
appropriateinve tigative le .
...
9-A. videntiar andRighttoKnowAcce toData
1.Retentionperiod forthepurpo eoftheVoluntar PilotProgram hall e fteen(15)da ,unle videoi
requiredforevidentiar purpo e .Ifthevideoi requireda evidence,theretentionperiod hall ethe
amea thatrequiredforevidenceofthatparticularcrime(PL AC2.4.2d).

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


PhiladelphiaPDexpre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce to
footage. utthepolic doe notindicatethatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedor
audited.(6- ,K;9- -5)
6- .O cer hallnotera e,alter,modif ,ortamperwithan od -WornCamera, oftware,hardware,oran
audio/videorecording.
...
6-K.O cer ,inve tigator and upervi or hallnotper onall makean copie ofan recording fortheir
per onalu e.
...
9- -5.Innoevent hallan digitalrecordingcaptured a od -WornCamera eu edforthepurpo e of
o cerridiculeorem arra ment.Thi include u mi ionofan portionofadigitalrecordingfroma od WornCameratoamediaorganization.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


PhiladelphiaPDrelie onPenn lvania pu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,and
doe notexpre l allowcomplainant toviewrelevantfootage.(9-A-4)
4.Therelea eofan digitalrecording o tainedthrough od -WornCamera throughapu licrecord reque t
will econ i tentwiththePenn lvaniaRighttoKnowAct(65P. .37.304et eq.).Toen urecompliance,the
Digital videnceCu todian/ od -WornCamera
temAdmini trator hallcoordinatewiththe
Department Right-to-KnowO ceron uchreque t .

An pu licrelea eoffootagemu t eauthorized

theCommi

ioner.(9- -6)

6.Iftherei alegitimatelawenforcementneed,onl thePoliceCommi ionerorhi de ignee hallhavethe


authorit torelea ean digitalrecording froma od -WornCameratothemediaand/or ocialmedia
outlet .

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


PhiladelphiaPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

PhoenixPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$637,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


PhoenixPD mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic i datedApril2013.Oddl ,wefound
thepolic onthewe iteofthecit of pokane,WA.InJul 2015,wecon rmedwitha
PhoenixPDo cialthatthi polic i currentandi theonl onethe verelea edtodate.
PhoenixPDo er a rief,one-paragraphde criptionofit WCprogramonit we
thepagedoe notlinktothi polic oran otherrelevantdocument .

ite, ut

Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord


PhoenixPDrequire o cer torecordallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact .(5. .4)
4.The[]cameramu t eactivatedduringallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact ucha , utnotlimitedto,
thefollowingexample :
a.Vehicle top
.Pede trian top
c.Con en ualencounter thatareinve tigativeinnature
d.Radiocall for ervice
e.On-viewevent requiringenforcementactivit
f. u pectandwitne tatement andinterview
g.Vehicleandfootpur uit
h. mergenc re pon etocriticalincident

O cer thatarealloweddi cretionifthe area letoju tif uchadeviation utthe


polic doe not pecif how,orevenwhether,o cer mu tprovide uchaconcrete
ju ti cation.(5. .5)
5.Oncethe[]camerai intheOn/Recordmode,emplo ee mu tcontinuetorecorduntileitherthe

completionoftheeventoruntilthe leavethe cene.


a. mplo ee ma deviatefromthi directiveifiti intheo viou e tintere t ofthedepartmenttodo o
andthe area letoju tif uchadeviation.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


PhoenixPDprohi it o cer fromrecordingwherearea ona leexpectationofprivac
exi t , utdoe not peci call protectcategorie ofvulnera leindividual .(5.C.1)
1.InkeepingwiththeDepartment valueofre pectingthedignit ofallhuman eing ,u ero cer / upervi or
willadheretothefollowingguideline :
a.The[]camerawillnot eactivatedinaplacewherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha
dre ingroom ,precinctlockerroom andre troom .
.The[]camerawillnot eintentionall activatedtorecordconver ation offellowemplo ee withouttheir
knowledgeduringroutineandnon-enforcementactivitie .
c.The[]camerawillnot eutilizedto urreptitiou l recordconver ation ofcitizen andemplo ee .
d.U ero cer / upervi or willnotknowingl recordundercovero cer orcon dentialinformant .
e.The[]camerawillnot eutilizedtorecordan o dut orper onalactivit andwillnot ewornwhile
workinginano -dut capacit .

PhoenixPDha nopolic thatrequire o cer toinform u ject thatthecamerai


recording.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
PhoenixPDallow o cer toviewfootage eforecompletingtheirreport .(5. .6)
6.U ero cer / upervi or canviewcapturedvideoutilizingprovided oftwareoncethedataha een
downloadedfromthecamera.Thi willallowforu ero cer and upervi or torefre htheirmemorie prior
tothecompletionofdepartmentalreport orwhilepreparingforcourtproceeding .

Limit RetentionofFootage
PhoenixPD peci e aminimumdurationforfootageretention, utdoe notappearto
requirefootagedeletion.(5.H)
H.R T NTIONOFR CORDING
Allmediathati capturedduringthepilotprogramwill eretained thePhoenixPoliceDepartmentfora
minimumofone earfollowingthedateiti recorded.Capturedvideoma eretainedforlongerperiod inthe
eventthevideoi the u jectofalitigationhold,acriminalca e,partofdi cover ,etc.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


PhoenixPDprohi it unauthorizedacce anddi tri utionoffootage, utdoe not
expre l prohi itfootagemodi cationordeletion.Thepolic al odoe notindicatethat
acce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(5.D.1)
1.Alldigitalmediathati capturedu ingthe[]camerawill econ ideredpropert ofthePhoenixPolice
Department.Acce ing,cop ing,orrelea ingcapturedvideowithouttheapprovalofthePoliceChieforhi
de igneei trictl prohi ited.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


PhoenixPDrelie onexi tingpu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,anddoe not
expre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.
(5.D.2,5.D.5)
2.Therelea eofvideo/ reque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill ehandledinaccordancewithexi ting

polic andpu licrecord law . eeOperation Order4.6,Relea eofRecord ,foradditionalinformation.


...
5.O cer / upervi or willnotallowcitizen toreviewvideocaptured
inve tigativerea ontodo o.

the[]cameraunle therei an

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


PhoenixPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Pitt

urgh ureauofPolice

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage

La tupdated:Jul 20,2016.I thi polic nowpu licl availa le?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


AccordingtothePitt urgh ureauofPolice grantapplicationin2015for od worn
camera ,atlea t35o cer onmotorc cle and ic cle haveworncamera whileonpatrol.
In eptem er2015,theDepartmentofJu ticeawardedthedepartmenta$250,000grantto
expandit od cameraprogram.
While od worncamera areworn o cer onthe treet ofPitt
a letolocateapu licver ionofthedepartment polic .

urgh,wehavenot een

Roche terPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$600,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 22,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Roche terPDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onlineontheProject
Update ectionofit we ite.Themo trecentpolic i theRPD WCManual,whichwa
i uedonJune15,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
O cer a igneda WCarerequiredtoactivatetheircamera immediatel after eing
di patched,unle therei animminentthreattothemem er afet .(IV.A.2)
2.Mem er willimmediatel activatethe WCwhenrequiredunle iti not afeandpractical,i.e.,themem er
cannotimmediatel activatethe WCduetoanimminentthreattothemem er afet ,ph icalre i tance,
ight,orotherfactor renderingimmediateactivationimpractical.In uchca e ,themem erwillactivatethe
WCa oona po i le.

Thepolic mandate thatcamera mu t eactivatedinthecour eofperformingorwhen


pre entatan enforcementactivit andpolicedutie .RPD polic i clearthattherei
noexceptiontothi rule,andclearl de ne whatanenforcementactivit i .(IV. .1;IV.C)
.Mandator WCRecording.Mem er a igneda WCwillactivateitandrecordallactivitie ,andcontactwith
per on ,inthecour eofperformingorwhenpre entatan enforcementactivit ,orupondirectionofa
upervi or.Therearenoexception totherequirementtorecordmandator event .
.1. nforcementactivitie are:
a)arre t (includingi uanceofappearanceticket andmentalh gienearre t );
)pur uit (pur uitdrivinga de ned G.O.530,Pur uitDriving,andfootpur uit );
c)detention / top ofper onandvehicle (include treet top ,tra c top ,per on on ic cle ,and

eldinterview a de ned G.O.570,FieldInterviewForm);


d)force(u eofforceordeadl ph icalforcea de ned G.O.335, u jectRe i tanceReportandNY
PenalLaw10.00-11).
C. tandard WCRecording .Unle a peci cexceptionexi t ( ee ectionIV. elow),Mem er a igneda
WCwillactivateitandrecordallactivitie ,andcontactwithper on ,inthecour eofperformingpolice
dutie .Thi include allcall for erviceand elf-initiatedpoliceactivit unle li teda Optional elow.

RPDprovide ali tof ituation inwhicho cer havetheoptiontorecordifthe elieveit


to eforalegitimatelawenforcementpurpo e.(IV.D)
D.Optional WCRecording.Unle amandator or tandardeventari e whichmu t erecorded,mem er are
notrequiredtorecordthefollowingactivitie witha WC, utma do oifthemem er elieve it erve a
legitimatelawenforcementpurpo e:
1.Whiledrivingorapa engerduringroutinevehiclepatrol.
2.Tra ccontrolandtra cpoint .
...
5.Interviewingcooperativevictim ,witne e ,andper on withknowledgeinaprivatere idenceora
policefacilit .
...
11.Routinewalk-upreque t forinformationora i tance(e.g.,givingdirection ).
12.CivilianTran port .

O cer mu tcontinuetou etheir WCuntilthecompletionoftheeventorincident,and


priortodeactivatingtheir WCo cer areexpectedtorecordaver al tatementnoting
theendoftherecording.However,RPD polic doe notrequireo cer toprovide
concreteju ti cation forfailingtorecordrequiredevent .(VI.A.6).
6.Mem er willcontinuetorecordwiththe WCuntilthecompletionoftheeventorincidentinque tion,or
decidingtoendrecordinginaccordancewiththi Manual.Priortodeactivatingthe WC,themem erwillmake
arecordedver al tatementnotingthattherecordingi ending,unle un afeorimpracticaltodo o.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Roche terPDfor id o cer fromrecordingin en itivelocation ,unle
engaginginenforcementactivit .(IV. .1.A.C)

the are

1. en itiveLocation .Mem er willnotrecordwith WC inthefollowinglocation unle mem er anticipate


orareengaginginanenforcementactivit a de ned thi Manual:
a.Victim upportoradvocac agencie (e.g., ivona,Willow/A W,etc.);
...
c.lockerroom , athroom ,orotherlocation whereper on areexpectedto edi ro edorina tateof
undre .

RPD polic peci e ali tof cenario inwhicho cer areprohi itedfromrecording.
Whilethepolic protect individual inalockerroomor athroom,therei nomentionof
vulnera leindividual ucha victim of excrime .(IV.F.4.8)
F.Prohi ited WCRecording.Mem er willnotactivateorrecordwitha WCunderthefollowingcircum tance ,
andwilldeactivateand toprecordingifan ofthe ecircum tance ari e.
...
4.Mem er willnotrecordwith WC whileinalockerroomor athroominanRPDfacilit ,orwhileu ing
an athroom
...
8.Mem er willnotrecord trip earche and od cavit earche

O cer areencouraged, utnotrequired,toinformindividual thatthe are eingrecorded


witha WC.(IV.I)
I.RecordingNoticeGuideline
1.Mem er areencouragedtoinformper on the arerecordingwitha WCunle the encounter

ph icalre i tance, ight,orotherfactor rendering uchnoticeun afeorimpractical(e.g."Maam/ ir,I


amadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded.).
2.Ifanindividuala k amem erifheor hei eingrecorded a WCthemem erwillan wertruthfull
unle factor exi tthatwouldrender uchnoticeun afeorimpractical.

Thepolic allow citizen toreque tthatano cer toprecording,andgive o cer ome


di cretiona towhethertocompl .(IV. .2)
CivilianReque t to topRecording.Reque t
follow :

civilian to toprecordingwitha WCwill ehandleda

a.Ifthe ituationinvolve anenforcementactivit (mandator recordingevent),themem erwillnotgrant


thereque tandwillcontinuerecording.
.Ifthe ituationinvolve a tandardorOptionalRecordingevent,mem er willrecordthever alreque tto
toprecording,andma exerci etheirdi cretion a edonthecircum tance indecidingtocontinueor
toprecording.
c.Ifthereque tingper oni apri onerwhoi o eringinformationa outcriminalactivit utwillnotdo oif
recorded,themem erma rie toprecordingwhiletheinformationi provided,andmu tre ume
recordingoncetheinformationi given.
Note:Ifthemem er top recordinguponreque tofacivilian,thenheor hemu tre umerecordinga oon
a po i leifheor heanticipate orcommence anenforcementactivit .

Intere tingl ,thepolic al orequire policeto eginrecordinganinteractionatthereque t


ofacivilian.(IV. .2)
CivilianReque t toRecord.Ifacivilianreque t thattheirinteractioni recorded,mem er willdo ounle it
i prohi itedunderthi polic .

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Roche terPDallow o cer toview WCrecording toa
(V.A;VII.A)

i tinaccuratereportwriting.

V.A. mplo ee ma reviewandu e WCrecording onl foro cialRPDdutie ,toinclude:


1.Mem er ma view WCrecording fromtheira igned WCifavaila letoa i tinaccuratereport
writing;
Note:thepurpo eofu ing WCrecording inwritingreport i tomaximizetheaccurac ofthereport
nottoreplacethemem er independentrecollectionandperceptionofanevent.
...
VII.AMem er willdocumenttheexi tenceofpertinent WCrecording invariou departmentalreport and
form inaccordancewithtraining.
1. omedepartmentalreport andform includea peci c eldmem er willutilizetonotetheexi tenceof
WCrecording .Thi include theIncidentReport,Inve tigativeActionReport,FieldInterviewForm(FIF),
GrandJur ReferralForm, u jectRe i tanceReport( RR),and8A-6ClaimForm.

Limit RetentionofFootage
RPD polic provide retentionperiod forun aggedfootageinAppendixA: WC
Categorie andRetention cheduleoftheir WCManual.(II.H;II.X)
H.RPDwillreviewandretain WCrecording inaccordancewiththeretention chedulee ta li hedinAppendix
A.
...
X.R VI W,R T NTION,COPYING,ANDD L TIONOF WCR CORDING
A. WCrecording will ereviewedandretainedinaccordancewithAppendixA, WCCategorie and
Retention chedule.

AppendixAofthemanualli t therequiredlengthofretentionforun aggedfootage.


However,thepolic doe not pecif whethertheun aggedfootagemu t edeleted.(
AppendixA.5-10)

Categor

RetentionPeriod

...
NonFelon O en e /Arre t (Mi demeanor ,Violation ,MHA,MunicipalCode) 6 ear
treet/Pede trian top , earche ,or eizure WithoutArre t(withorwithout
5 ear
FIF)
Vehicle top , earche ,or eizure WithoutArre t(withorwithoutFIF,include
5 ear
V&T)
Dome ticIncidentDIR/NoArre t(NYCPL140.105)

4 ear

Recordedin rror

6Month Immediate
Review

General torage

6Month NoReview

...

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Roche terPDexpre
J,K)

l prohi it footagetampering(i.e.,modi cationanddeletion).(II.F,

F.Novideooraudiorecordingproduced a WCwill ecopied,duplicated,downloaded,converted,orretained


excepta authorizedforo cialRPDpurpo e .
...
J.NoRPDemplo eewillu eanelectronicdeviceoran othermean inordertointentionall interferewithor
alterthecapa ilit oroperationofa WCoran componentofthe WC
tem.
K.NoRPDemplo eewillalter,tamperwith,delete,damage,orde tro an WCor WCrecordingorattemptto
dothe ameunle a igneda a
temAdmini tratorand peci call authorizedtodo o departmental
polic .

mplo ee areallowedtoacce

WCrecording onl foro cialRPDdutie .(V.A)

A. mplo ee ma reviewandu e WCrecording onl foro cialRPDdutie ,toinclude:


1.Mem er ma view WCrecording fromtheira igned WCifavaila letoa i tinaccuratereport
writing;...
2.conductingcriminalinve tigation ;
3.conducting upervi or dutie ;
4.preparingforte timon relatingtotheiro cialpolicedutie ;
5.managingthe WCrecording ,e.g.,tagging;
6.traininguponapprovalofaCommanderora ove,theAdmini trativeCaptain,theCommandingO cerof
theProfe ionalDevelopment ection(PD ),ortheCommandingO cerofa pecialTeam;and,
7.performingothero cialRPDdutie a authorized departmentalpolic or competentauthorit .

TheRe earchand valuation ection(R& )withintheadmini trationoftheRPDi


re pon i leinadmini teringRPD WCprogram.R& ha variou re pon i ilitie including,
utnotlimitedto,providingacce orcopie of WCrecording toRPDper onnel.(IX.A)
A.R& will ere pon i letoadmini terRPD WCProgram.Thedutie andre pon i ilitie ofR& in
performingthi functioninclude utarenotlimitedto:
...
4.providingacce orcopie of WCrecording toRPDper onnelandcomponent a authorized
departmentalpolic orcompetentauthorit ;
...
11.coordinatingreviewof tored WCrecording inaccordancewithe ta li hedpolicie andprocedure
( eeX elow);

Mem er oftheProfe ional tandard ection(P


acce andcop WCrecording .(V. .1)

)ofRoche terPDareauthorizedto

1.Per onnela ignedtoP will egivendirectacce tothe WC


temandareauthorizedtoacce and
cop WCrecording a neededtoperformtheirdutie .P ma al oallowcivilian toview WCrecording in
handlingcomplaint again tDepartmentper onnel.

However,polic doe notindicatewhetherallacce


i loggedoraudited.

tothefootageo tainedfromcamera

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Mem er oftheProfe ional tandard ectionofRoche terPDma grantcivilian acce
toview WCrecording inreferencetocomplaint again tdepartmentper onnel.(V. .1)
1.Per onnela ignedtoP will egivendirectacce tothe WC
temandareauthorizedtoacce and
cop WCrecording a neededtoperformtheirdutie .P ma al oallowcivilian toview WCrecording in
handlingcomplaint again tDepartmentper onnel.

RPD upervi or havethepowertoallowcivilian toview WCfootageinre pondingto


Q I ,complaint ,orotherinquirie .(VI.7)
7.Reque ttoView WCRecording.O cer arenotrequiredtoallowcivilian toview WCrecording .
upervi or ma allowcivilian toview WCrecording inre pondingtoQ I [Qualit of erviceInquir ],
complaint ,orotherinquirie .

Thepolic incorporate
(XIII.A)

referencethedepartment FreedomofInformationdirective.

A. WCrecording ma e u jecttoreque t forrelea eunderNewYork FreedomofInformationLaw(FOIL)


(Pu licO cer Law,Article6;84-90).FOILi a eduponapre umptionofacce thatrequire agencie to
makeallrecord availa le,excepttotheextentthatrecord orportion thereoffallwithinoneormore
ground fordenialappearinginthe tatute.

Thepolic doe provide omeexception tofootagethatmu t erelea edunderFreedom


ofInformationreque t , utnote thatthe earenotcategoricalexception .(XIII.C)
C.RPD ear the urdentodemon tratethatthereque tedmaterialquali e forexemptionfromFOIL
di clo ure.Indoing o,RPDma notrel ongeneralcategorie ofmaterial, utmu tcitea peci cand
particularizedju ti cationtoe ta li havalidexemption.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Roche terPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

altLakeCit PoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 12,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


LCPDmake it WCpolic readil availa letothepu liconit we itea apartofthe
altLakeCit PoliceDepartmentPolicie andProcedure Manual, eginningonpage132,
titledIII-535Mo ileVideoRecorder .Thepolic wa currenta ofJul 7,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
LCPDli t a etof ituation inwhichthe od camerai utilized.Inordertoen ure
the eevent arerecorded,thepolic require o cer toactivatetheircamera foran
pu licinteraction andcall for ervicewith omelimitedexception .(pp.132-133)
Mo ileVideoRecording
The od camerai utilizedtorecordlawenforcementencounter ,a de neda ove,whichi toinclude, utnot
elimitedto,thefollowingt pe ofevent :tra c top ;pur uit ;vehicle earche ;confrontationalcitizen
contact ;u eofforce ituation ; tatement made u ject ,victim andwitne e ;advi inganindividualof
theirMirandaright ;duringinterrogation .
Inordertocapturethea ovet pe ofcontact andevent ,o cer wearingacamera hallactivatethe od
camerawheneverthe interactwiththepu licand/oratthetimedi patchedtoacallfor ervice,withthe
exception noted elow.
O cer whoarefoundtohaveapatternofnotrecordinginteraction will e u jecttodi ciplinar action.
Prohi itedMo ileVideoRecording
The od camera hallnot eu edtorecordnonworkrelatedper onalactivit andwillnot eactivatedin
place wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha lockerroom ,dre ingroom orre troom .
The od camerawillnot eintentionall activatedtorecordtheconver ation offellowemplo ee without
theirknowledgeduringroutine,nonenforcementrelatedactivitie .
O cer willnotrecordundercovero cer orcon dentialinformant .

Wheno cer decidetodeactivatetheircameraorfailtorecordanevent, LCPDrequire


themtodocumentandju tif theiraction eitheroncameraorinawrittenreport.(p.133134)
xception toRecordingRequirement
...An deci iontoturno thecameraandrea on wh hould edocumentedinthewrittenreport.
CameraU eProcedure
Onceactivated,the od camera hallremaininrecordingmodeuntiltheconclu ionoftheincident/encounter,
theo cerha leftthe ceneora upervi orha authorizedthatarecordingma cea e.Theauthorizing
upervi ormu t eidenti edoncameraorinawrittenreport.
...
Ifano cerfail torecordanincidentoractivit thati requiredto erecorded,theo cer hallarticulateon
cameraorinawrittenreportor treetchecktherea onforthefailuretorecord.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


LCPDprohi it recordingwherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t ,andgive
o cer di cretiontoturno recordingatthereque tofvictim ,witne e ,andcommunit
mem er whowi htoreportordi cu criminalactivit .(p.132-133)
Prohi itedMo ileVideoRecording
The od camera hallnot eu edtorecordnonworkrelatedper onalactivit andwillnot eactivatedin
place wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha lockerroom ,dre ingroom orre troom .
The od camerawillnot eintentionall activatedtorecordtheconver ation offellowemplo ee without
theirknowledgeduringroutine,nonenforcementrelatedactivitie .
O cer willnotrecordundercovero cer orcon dentialinformant .
...
xception toRecordingRequirement
O cer havethedi cretiontoturno thecameraduringconver ation with en itivecrimevictim /witne e
andmem er ofthecommunit whowi htoreportordi cu criminalactivit uto cer hould emindfulof
theprotection avideowouldprovideagain tunwarrantedaccu ation ofmi conduct.
CameraU eProcedure
...Ano cerma placethe od cameraintoPrivac Mode,duringalawenforcementencounter,inthefollowing
ituation :
tocon ultwitha upervi ororanothero cer
duringa igni cantperiodofinactivit
duringaconver ationwitha en itivevictimofacrime,awitne ofacrime,oranindividualwhowi he to
reportordi cu criminalactivit ,if:
theindividualwhoi the u jectoftherecordingreque t thattheo cerdeactivatetheo cer od
camera;and
theo cer elieve thatthevalueoftheinformationoutweigh thevalueofthepotentialrecording
andrecord thereque t theindividualtodeactivatethe od camera
Theintentionto toptherecordingwill enoted theo cerver all onthevideoanda oona theprivate
conver ationha endedthecamerawill ereturnedto ventMode.O cer willver all notethedateandtime
thevideoi reinitiated.Theo cer hallal odocumenttherea onforplacingthe od cameraintoPrivac
Modeinawrittenreport.

O cer arenotrequiredtonotif u ject the are eingrecorded.Thepolic require


o cer tonotif occupant ofaprivatere idencethata od camerai inu e, utindicate
thatmerel wearingthecameraprovide u cientnotice.(p.133,CameraU eProcedure )
Whenano cerwitha od cameraenter aprivatere idence,theo cer hallgivenotice,whenrea ona le
underthecircum tance ,totheoccupant ofthere idencethata od camerai inu e either:(1)wearinga
od camerainaclearl vi i lemanner,or(2)givinganaudi lenoticethattheo ceri u inga od camera.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing

O cer areencouragedtou evideo toaidincompletingreport ,andareallowedtoreview


relevantfootageinu eofforceincident eforewritingareportorcompletinganinterview.
(p.134,Reviewof od CameraMedia)
Reviewof od CameraMedia
O cer houldu ecapturedmediatoa i twithinve tigation andinthecompletionofreport .
O cer involvedinan igni cantu eofforceincidentoraccidentre ultingininjurie will epermittedto
reviewtheirowncameravideooraudiorecording priortocompletingareportorinterview.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Footagei retainedaccordingtothedepartment retention chedule,whichappear to
outlineminimumretentionduration ratherthanrequirement todeletefootageafterthe
retentionperiod.Onl footagerecordedaccidentl eem to elimitedtoa60da retention
period.(pp.133-134)
CameraU eProcedure
...
Recordedmediacaptured

thecamerawill eretainedaccordingtotheDepartment retention chedule.

...
Videofootageofinteraction wherenoarre torcitation weremade hall ekeptfor1 ear.Accidentalcamera
activation willonl eretainedfor60da .WhenanIAComplaintorNoticeofClaimagain ttheCit i
received theInternalA air Unit,theIALieutenanti re pon i letochangethevideocategor to vidence.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


LCPDprohi it unauthorizedcop inganddi eminationoffootage utitdoe not
expre l prohi itfootagetampering(i.e.,modi cationanddeletion).(p.134,Copie of
Video)
Themediacapturedwillonl euploadedto vidence.comandwillonl eu edforo cialpurpo e .O cer
willnotmakecopie ofan audioorvideorecording forper onalu eandareprohi itedfromu ingarecording
device ucha atelephonecameraor econdar videocameratorecordmediafrom vidence.comortheMDT
ifvideoi viewedthroughthe nc tem.O cer areal oprohi itedfromretainingarecordingofan activit
orinformationo tainedwhileondut oractinginano cialcapacit a alawenforcemento cer,duplicatingor
di tri utingarecordingexcepta authorized theemplo inglawenforcementagenc ,andalteringor
deletingarecording.

Thepolic require thepurpo eandapprovingauthorit fordownload to enotedinthe


tem, utdoe notindicatethatacce torecordedfootagei logged.
Videoma edownloadedandcopiedfortrainingpurpo e , utmu t eapproved theo cer Lieutenant.
Therea onfordownloadandapprovingauthorit name hall enotedinthenote ectionintheon-line
torage tem.Nofurthercopie hould emadeandallcopie hould ede tro edoncenolongerneeded.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


LCPDdoe notexpre
viewfootage.(p.134)

l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint to

Reviewof od CameraMedia
...
Allotheracce to od cameramediawill egoverned
R CORD (Guideline forAcce ingO cialRecord ).

altLakeCit PoliceDepartmentPolic IV-320

Relea eof od CameraMediatoThirdPartie


Reque t for od cameravideofromthenew mediaandotherthirdpartie mu t emadeinwritingandwill
eroutedtotheRecord UnitGovernment135Record Acce andManagementAct(GRAMA)Coordinator.
Oncegranted,theGRAMAcoordinatorwillnotif theDepartment od Camera
temAdmini tratorto

facilitateacce fortheper on/entit makingthereque t.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


LCPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

anAntonioPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$1,000,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 15,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


The anAntonioPoliceDepartmentdoe notpu li hit polic on od WornCamera onit
we ite, utprovidedacop uponreque t.Thepolic wa revi edonNovem er10th,2015
and ecamee ectiveonFe ruar 12,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
O cer mu trecordallevent relatedtothecontact, top,detention,interviewandarre t
of u pectedviolator .(.03.A)
O cer withproperl functioning WCequipment hallrecordallevent urroundingthecontact, top,
detention,interview,andarre tof u pectedviolator andmaintainthi recordedevidenceforcon iderationin
criminalpro ecution.

APDprovide anexten iveli toftheevent thato cer mu trecord.(.06.D)


O cer hall eginrecordingthefollowingevent andcontinuerecordinguntiltheeventi concluded;(An
deviation willrequirea upervi or approvalandmu t edocumentedintheO cer video,report,orCF
commententr eldinaccordancewith ection.07ofthi procedure):
1.Upono ervationof u piciou orcriminal ehavior;
2.Uponreceptionoforre pon etoCF ,whetherdi patchedornot;
3.O cer-initiatedcontact :
a.Arre t,
.FieldContact ,
c.Tra c/Pede trian top ,
d.Vehicle/FootPur uit ;
4.Duringallpri onerorwitne tran port .Ifano cerarrive atafacilit thati recorded, ucha Pu lic

afet HeadQuarter (P HQ)ortheMagi trate O ce,theO cerma cea erecordinguponentering


thefacilit ortran ferringcu tod ofthepri oner/witne ;
5.Inin tance wheretheO cerrea ona l elieve thattherecordingma provideevidenceincriminal
inve tigation ;
6. erviceof earchorarre twarrant onthepremi e ofare idence, u ine or uilding,iftheO ceri
a i tingin uch erviceof earchorarre twarrant ;and
7.Citizen-initiatedcontact or aggeddownreque t forpu lic afet ervice .

APDrequire thato cer ver all documenttheirrea oningforall toppage and/or


muting oftheir WC.(.06.G)
All toppage and/ormuting ,otherthanadmini trativefunction te tingoraccidentalactivation,ofthe WC
mu t ever all documented tatinga peci crea onintheO cer video,andreportorCF comment
entr eldinaccordancewith ection.07ofthi procedure.

Onceano ceractivate hi orhercamera,it hallremainonuntiltheincidentha


concludedandthepolic clearl de cri e wheno cer halldeactivatetheir WC.
(.07.A- )
A.Unle otherwi epermitted
ha concluded.

thi procedure,oncethe WCi activated,it hallremainonuntiltheincident

.Forthepurpo eofthi ection,conclu ionoftheincidentha occurredwhen:


1.Allarre t have eenmadeandarre tee have eentran portedandrelea edfromcu tod ;
2.Allwitne e andvictim have eeninterviewed;and
3.Thecontinuedrecordingwillnot ervetoo tainadditionalevidence.

O cer arerequiredtodocumentarea ona leju ti cationforwh the failedtorecord


certainevent .(.07.D)
Failuretorecordactivitie a laidoutinthi polic willnot econ ideredapolic violationa longa rea ona le
ju ti cationi documented.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Whilethepolic mention theimportanceofper onalprivac ,ito er vagueguidanceon
wheno cer mu tnotrecord,anddoe notrequireinformedcon entfromvulnera le
individual . APDal odoe notrequireo cer toinformcitizen thatthe are eing
recorded.(.06.A;F)
A.O cer arenotrequiredtoadvi ecitizen the are eingrecordedor howan citizenavideowhichthe
recorded;furthermore,O cer houldnotactivate/deactivatethe WC olel uponthereque tofacitizen.
...
F.O cer hallnot topormutearecordingduringapu licencounterora ignedCF ,exceptforthefollowing
rea on :
1.O cer ma topand/ormute:
a. ncounter withundercovero cer orcon dentialinformant ;
.Per onalreliefor reakand;
2.O cer ma momentaril muteonl :
a.Conver ation thatinvolvepoliceand/orca etactic or trateg and;
.Per onalemergenc matter ofa en itivenature(i.e.famil emergenc ,medicalemergenc ,
cata trophicevent).

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
APDencourage o cer tou etheir WCrecording togatherpertinentinformation
whenwritingreport .(.06.C)
O cer hallu etherecordingtogatherpertinentinformationforcompo ingreport ,training,and

inve tigator purpo e .

Thepolic al oallow o cer toacce an policeoriginatedDM recording efore


makinga tatementa outtheincident.(.15.D)
AnO ceri entitledtoacce an policeoriginatedDM recordingofanincidentinvolvingtheO cer efore
theO ceri requiredtomakea tatementa outtheincident.

Limit RetentionofFootage
APDu e acategorizationla elwhichhelp determinetheminimumlengthofretention
of WCfootage. APDrequire thatrecording from WCthatarecategorizeda an vent
0(non-evidentiar )mu t eretainedforatlea t180da , utdoe notappeartomandate
amaximumretentionperiod.(12)
.Thecategorizationla elwilldeterminetheminimumlengthofretention.
1. vent0i electedfornon-evidentiar video ucha fal e tart ,te ting,orITadmini trativepurpo e ;
VID OCAT GORIZATIONANDR T NTIONP RIOD
ventCodeCategor Retention chedule
0Admin/Default180da
...
.Non-evidentiar ,accidentalrecording taggedunderevent0whichcontainper onaland/or en itivematerial
andwhichfallunder ection.06J,ma edeletedwhen:
1.Animmediate upervi ori noti edinwriting;the upervi ornoti e a
re trictthevideo;
2.Reviewed a upervi orfromtheo ceoftheChiefofPolice;
3.Reviewed aDeput Chief;
4.Reviewedand nalized PoliceAudio/VideoRecord peciali t.

tem admini trator,whowill

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


APDprohi it o cer fromtamperingwithandalteringthe WCrecording .(.09. )
Nomem era igned WCequipment hallalter,modif ,reu e,tamperwithordi a lethedeviceora ociated
acce orie inan manner.

The WCpolic tate therequirement forviewingprivilege ofDM .(.04. )


tandardizedviewingprivilege ofDM foradmini trativeandinve tigator purpo e hall ea follow :
1.AllO cer will ea letoviewtheirownDM ;
2.Detective-Inve tigator anda ovewillhaveviewingprivilege forallDM .

APDper onnelmu to tainpermi


(.15. )

ionifthe requireacce

tolocked WCrecording .

Per onnelrequiringacce tolockedvideo will endareque tforacce /viewingofthe peci cDM through
theirchain-of-command.

Thepolic explicitl tate thattheper onnelviewing WCrecording mu tmanuall


documenttheirinformationinthenote eldinthe WCapplication utdoe not
indicatethatacce i loggedautomaticall inan wa .(.15.C)
Per onnelreviewingDM hallmanuall documentname, adgenum er,andthepurpo eoftheirviewinginthe
note eldinthe WCapplication.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint

APDdoe notexpre l allowcomplainant toviewrelevantfootage,andrequire a ve


tepproce tohandleindividualcomplaint allegingmi conduct.(.11.A)
Whenacomplainti receivedallegingmi conductinvolvinganO cerwhoi a igneda WC,thefollowing
procedure hall efollowed:
1.TheO cer immediate upervi ororInternalA air Unit halldetermineifan policeoriginatedDM
exi t .
2.The upervi ororInternalA air Unit hallviewthevideo( )oftheincidentinque tionanddetermineif
therei an cau efortheallegation inthecomplaint.
3.Ifnocau ei determined,the upervi ororInternalA air Unit hallcontactthecomplainantandadvi e
thempoliceoriginatedDM exi t fortheincidentandthatnomi conductwa o erved.
4.The upervi ororInternalA air Unit halladvi ethecomplainingpart thatthe ma makeanopen
record reque tforcop /copie ofthepoliceoriginatedDM .
5.The upervi ororInternalA air Unit hallproceedwiththeire ta li hedprotocol ifmi conducti
determined.

APD polic tate thatan reque t foran DigitalMedia videncewill ehandedunder


theOpenRecord Act.(.10.A)
Reque t forDM will ehandledundertheOpenRecord ActinaccordancewithGMProcedure323,Relea e
ofPoliceRecord .

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


anAntonioPD WCpolic place nolimit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.facial
recognition)toidentif individual infootage.

anDiegoPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 14,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


DPDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onlineonit we iteundera
ectiondedicatedto od WornCamera .Thi ver ion,loggedin ection1.49in
Admini tration,wa i uedande ectiveonMarch9,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
DPDrequire allo cer torecordallenforcementrelatedcontact ...andcontinue
recordinguntilthecontacti concluded[,]andrequire o cer toprovideconcrete
ju ti cation forintentionall deactivatingtheir WCduringevent thato cer are
requiredtorecord.Thepolic ha peci crequirement forwhentorecordduring
circum tance includingenforcementrelatedcontact ;arre t ; earche ;tran porting
pri oner ; u pectinterview ;and pecialevent .Thepolic al oexpre l tate when
o cer canturno their WC andli t peci cprohi itedrecording .(V.I.1-7)
1. nforcementRelatedContact The WC houldonl eactivatedforlawenforcementpurpo e .
a.Allo cer whoarei ueda WC hallkeeptheir WCon u eringMode/ tand- Modewhileondut ,
exceptduringin tance li tedinthi procedureunderProhi itedRecording .Keepingthe WCon
u ering/ tand- Modeallow o cer tocapturepre-eventrecording whenthe ventModei
activated.
.O cer hallu etheeventmodetorecordenforcementrelatedcontact .Theeventmode hould e
activatedpriortoactualcontactwiththecitizen,ora oona afel po i lethereafter,andcontinue
recordinguntilthecontacti concludedorthecontacttran ition fromanenforcementcontactinto
intelligencegathering.
...
d. nforcementrelatedcontact includethefollowing:Tra c top , eldinterview ,detention ,arre t ,
per on pre entatradiocall whoareaccu edofcrime ,andcon en ualencounter inwhichtheo cer
i attemptingtodeveloprea ona le u piciononthe u jectoftheencounter.
...
2.Arre t

a.O cer ma toprecordingintheeventmodewhenthearre teei cooperativeand afel ecuredin ide


alawenforcementfacilit .Ifanarre tee ecome uncooperative,oriftherei omeevidentiar purpo e,
o cer houldre umerecordingintheeventmode.
.Ifano cerre ume recordingintheeventmode,thecamera hallremainineventmodeuntiltheo cer
nolongerha contactwiththe u ject.
3. earche
a.When earchingapri onerandwithout acri cingo cer afet ,iti advantageou topo itionthe earch
othatiti capturedoncamera.Thi tart thechainofcu tod allowingan contra andorweapon
foundto edocumentedonthe WCrecording.
.O cer houldrecordduringtheexecutionofa earchwarrant,anarre twarrant,aFourthAmendment
waiver earch,knockandtalk,oracon ent earchinwhichtheo ceri lookingfora u pect,evidenceor
contra and.
c.During earche ofcommercial uilding orre identialdwelling whentherei a trongindicationof
encounteringa u pect,whilekeepingo cer afet a theprimar concern,o cer houldactivatetheir
od worncamera priortomakingentr intothe uilding.Therecordingofa u pectconfrontation
normall outweigh tactic potentiall hownintherecording.
4.Tran portingPri oner
a.O cer equippedwith WCwillrecordallpri onerorpa engertran port ,regardle ofthegenderof
thepri onerorpa enger.Theentiretran portwill erecorded.Twoo cerunit will erequiredto
recordwithatlea tone WCduringtran port .
...
5. u pectInterview
a.O cer areencouragedtofull record u pectinterview .O cer hallnot topand tarttherecording
duringa u pectinterview.Theonl exceptiontorecordinga u pectinterviewwould eifthe u pect
decline tomakea tatementduetothe od worncamera eingactivated.
.Whenrecordinginterview ,o cer hallen urethe recordan admoni hment priortothe tartofan
interview.
6. pecial vent
Whendirectedtoworka pecialevent,o cer hallretrieveandu etheir WC .O cer hallcompl with
theprovi ion ofthi DepartmentProcedure.
7.Deactivationof WC
a.O cer a igned WC willocca ionall a i t pecializedinve tigativeunit andagencie in en itive
operation wherecon dentialit i imperativetotheoperation.Iftherei a peci crea onintheintere t
oftheinve tigationforo cer involvedintheoperationtonotactivatetheir WC ,the upervi orin
chargemu tgivehi orherapproval.
.A entan peci crea ontonotactivatethe WCapproved the upervi orincharge,o cer hall
recordan in tance li tedinthi procedure.
c.Ifa upervi ororder ano certoturno theircameraduringanenforcementcontact,thato cerwill
documentthatorderonanARJI -9explainingthe peci crea onwh the WCwa notactivated.
d.Additionall ,a upervi orwhogive anordertoano certoturno their WCduringanenforcement
contactwillal o ere pon i lefordocumentingtherea ononanARJI -9.
e.O cer willalwa documentwh the WCwa intentionall deactivatedduringanenforcementcontact.

However,thepolic doe notappeartorequireju ti cationforfailuretorecordrequired


incident .
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
DPDdoe notrequireo cer tocea erecordingatcitizen reque tand peci e that
privatecitizen donothavearea ona leexpectationofprivac whentalkingwithpolice
o cer ,evenwhenpolicearelawfull pre entinaprivatere idence.(V.H)
1.Privatecitizen donothavearea ona leexpectationofprivac whentalkingwithpoliceo cer duringthe
copeofano cer o cialdutie ,evenwhenthecontacti inaprivatere idence.Wheno cer arelawfull
pre entinahome(warrant,con ent,orexigentcircum tance )inthecour eofo cialdutie ,therei no
rea ona leexpectationofprivac .Therefore,o cer arenotrequiredtogivenoticethe arerecording.
However,ifa ked,o cer halladvi ecitizen the are eingrecorded.
2.O cer arenotrequiredtoinitiateorcea erecordinganevent, ituationorcircum tance olel atthe
demandofacitizen.
3.O cer and upervi or involvedintheinve tigationofacomplaintagain tamem erofthepolice
departmentmu tinformcomplainant andcomplaintwitne e the are eingrecorded.

Whileo cer arenotrequiredtoinformcitizen the are eingrecorded,o cer are

encouragedtoa amean tode-e calatepotentialcon ict .(V.I.1.C)


c.O cer are trongl encouragedtoinformcitizen the are eingrecordedinane orttode-e calate
potentialcon ict .

While DPDprohi it o cer fromrecordingduring exCrime orChildA u e


inve tigation ,itmandate thatvictim (andtheirchildren) erecordedwhenthe are
victim ofdome ticviolenceincident .(V.J.1)
.Dome ticviolencevictim oftenrecanttheir tatement a earl a thefollowingmorningafteracrime. ome
victim go ofara tote tif thattheo cerfa ricatedtheir tatement.Victim ma al omaketheirchildren
unavaila leforinve tigator orcourttoavoidtheirproviding tatement .Forthe erea on ,dome tic
violencevictim ofviolentfelonie ucha trangulation,a aultwithadeadl weapon,oran thingrequiring
ho pitalization hould erecorded.O cer houldal orecordthe tatement ofchildrenofdome tic
violencevictim whoarewitne e inthe et pe ofca e .
c. WC hallnot eu edduring exCrime orChildA u einve tigation toinclude tatement ofvictim ,
witne e ,andinteraction withparent ofvictim .

O cer areal oprohi itedfromrecordingpatient duringmedicalorp chological


evaluation andinmedicalcarefacilitie unle theo ceri confrontingaviolent u pect
oranticipatingu eofforce.(V.K.7)
a.O cer hallnotrecordpatient duringmedicalorp chologicalevaluation aclinicianor imilar
profe ional,orduringtreatment.Thi include duringP RTclinicianinterview .O cer hall eawareof
patient right toprivac wheninho pital etting .Whenrecordinginho pital andothermedicalfacilitie ,
o cer hall ecarefultoavoidrecordingper on otherthanthe u pect.
.O cer hallnotrecordwhileinafacilit who eprimar purpo ei toprovidep chiatricormedical ervice
unle re pondingtoaradiocallinvolvinga u pectortakinga u pect tatement.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
DPDallow andencourage o cer toviewfootagepriortocompletingtheirreport ,and
require themtodo opriortoprovidingte timon athearing ,trial ,ordepo ition .
(V.Q.1,4)
Q.ReviewingImpoundedDigital vidence
1.O cer ma reviewtheirowndigitalevidence.Digitalevidencecanprovideacuetoano cer priming
memor torecallmorefact andgreaterdetailofanincident
...
4....O cer houldreviewdigitalevidencepriortocompletingreport toa i tinprimingtheir
recollection.O cer hallwritetheirreport towhatthe remem erandnotatean di crepancie from
whattherecording how .O cer hallnotwritetheirreport a ed olel onwhatthe viewedfrom
the WCrecording.
5.O cer hallreviewdigitalevidencepriortoprovidingte timon athearing ,trial ,ordepo ition .

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic reference aretentionperiodfordigitalevidence utdoe not pecif whatthat
periodi ,nordoe itrequireun aggedfootageto edeleted.(V.O)
Allrecording relatedtoan criminalproceeding,claim led,pendinglitigation,oraper onnelcomplaint, hall
epre erveduntilthatmatteri re olvedand/orinaccordancewiththelaw.O cer anddetective are
requiredtoen urethatthe WCevidencei properl categorizedforthenece ar retentionperiod.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


DPDprohi it o cer fromtamperingwithhardwareand oftwarecomponent[ ],and
note thatdigitalevidencei to eu edforo cialpurpo e onl , utthepolic doe not
expre l prohi ittamperingwithfootage.(V.C.4)

4.O cer hallnottamperwithordi mantlean hardwareor oftwarecomponentofan WCdevice


...
6.Alldigitalevidencecollectedu ingthe WCi con ideredaninve tigativerecordforthe anDiegoPolice
Departmentandi foro cialu eonl .
7.Acce ing,cop ing,forwardingorrelea ingan digitalevidenceforotherthano ciallawenforcementu e
andcontrar tothi procedurei trictl prohi ited.Pu licrelea eofdigitalevidencei prohi itedunle
approved theChiefofPoliceorde ignee.

The WCfootagei tored


thefootage.(IV)

a ervice, vidence.com,thatdigitall encr pt and ecure

...
vidence.comAdigitalevidencemanagement ervicecontractedforthecit andacce edat
dpd.evidence.com.The ervice tore digitall encr pteddatainahighl ecureenvironmentacce i leto
per onnel a edon ecurit clearance.

Iti unclearwhether vidence.comlog oraudit acce tothefootage,andthepolic doe


notindicatethatan other ourcelog oraudit footageacce .
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Individual lingcomplaint onl haveacce
upervi or .(V.Q.7)

tofootageatthedi cretionof DPD

Digitalevidencema eviewedforadmini trativepurpo e limitedtothefollowing:


n. upervi or houldreview WCrecording toa i tcitizen complaint . upervi or havedi cretionto
how WCrecording toacomplainantwhenitrelate tohi orhercomplaint,toa i tinclarif ingthe
complaint,re olvingthecomplaint,orhavingthecomplaintwithdrawn.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


DPDPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

anFranci coPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receivedpermi

iontou e$250,000ofanotherDOJlawenforcement

technolog grantfor WC in2013


La tupdated:Jul 15,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


FPDha awe pagededicatedtothedevelopmentofit WCpolic ,whichprovide detail
a outthedepartment iweekl WCworkinggroupmeeting .Thegrouppu li he the
late titerationofthedraftpolic foreachmeeting.Themo trecentpu licl availa ledraft
polic i datedMa 27,2016.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
FPDrequire o cer torecordawiderangeoflawenforcementactivitie .(III.C)
C.AuthorizedU e.
Allon- cenemem er equippedwitha WC hallactivatetheir WCequipmenttorecordinthefollowing
circum tance :
1.Detention andarre t
2.Con en ualencounter wherethemem er u pect thatthecitizenma haveknowledgeofcriminal
activit a a u pect,witne ,orvictim...
3.5150evaluation
4.Tra candpede trian top
5.Vehiclepur uit
6.Footpur uit
7.U e offorce
8.When ervinga earchorarre twarrant
9.Conductingan ofthefollowing earche onone per onand/orpropert :
a.Incidenttoanarre t
.Cur or
c.Pro a lecau e
d.Pro ation/parole

e.Con ent
f.Vehicle
10.Tran portationofarre tee anddetainee
11.Duringan citizenencounterthat ecome ho tile
12.Inan ituationwhentherecordingwould evalua letoevidentiar purpo e
13.Onl in ituation that ervealawenforcementpurpo e

Inadditionto pecif ingwheno cer hallterminatetheirrecording (III. ), FPDrequire


o cer todocumenttherea on foran failure torecord.(III.G)
G.Documentation.
Mem er u mittinganincidentreportorcompletingawritten tatement hallindicatewhetherthe WC
wa activatedandwhetheritcapturedfootagerelatedtotheincident.
...Ifamem erdeactivate a WCrecordingpriortotheconclu ionofanevent,themem er hall
documenttherea on( )forterminatingtherecordinginCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatementora
memorandum.
Ifahigherrankingmem erorder a u ordinatemem ertodeactivatethe WC,thehigherrankingo cer
halldocumenttherea on( )forre tartingtherecordinginCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatementor
amemorandum.
Ifamem erreactivate the WCafterturningtheequipmento ,themem er halldocumentthe
rea on( )forre tartingtherecordinginCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatementoramemorandum.
Ifamem erdetermine thato cerorpu lic afet would ecompromi edifa WCwereactivatedduring
anincidentrequiringit u e,themem er halldocumentinCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatement
oramemorandumtherea on( )fornotu ingthe WC.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


FPDproactivel prohi it o cer fromrecordingthreecategorie of en itivevictim ,
including exuala aultandchilda u evictim .(III.D)
D.Prohi itedRecording .
Mem er hallnotactivatethe WCwhenencountering:
1. exuala aultandchilda u evictim duringapreliminar inve tigation
2. ituation thatcouldcompromi etheidentit ofcon dentialinformant andundercoveroperative
3. trip earche .

Inaddition,o cer mu tterminatearecordingwhenrecordingataho pitalwould


compromi epatientcon dentialit .(III. .3)
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
FPDrequire o cer to leinitial tatement eforereviewing WCforthreecategorie of
criticalincident :afterano cer-involved hooting,afteranin-cu tod death,andina
criminalmatter.Thelattercategor (criminalmatter)i notclearl de nedinthepolic .
I anincidentacriminalmatteronl aftercharge are led?Doe thepolic appl toall
criminalmatter ,oronl tho ewheretheo ceri the u jectoftheinve tigation?
Forallotherincident (am iguit a ide), FPDallow o cer toreview WCfootage efore
lingtheirinitialreport .(III.F.1)
F.Viewing WCRecording
1.Amem erma reviewa WCrecordingonhi /hera igneddeviceoronanauthorizedcomputerforan
legitimateinve tigator purpo e,including utnotlimitedto,preparinganincidentreport,preparing
tatement ,conductingafollow-upinve tigation,orprovidingte timon .Followingan (1)o cerinvolved hooting,(2)in-cu tod death,or(3)criminalmatter,an u jecto cer hall erequiredto
provideaninitial tatement eforeheor hereview an audioorvideorecording.
Theinitial tatement the u jecto cer hall rie ummarizetheaction thattheo cerwa engaged
in,theaction thatrequiredtheu eofforce,andtheo cer re pon e.The tatement hall edi tinct

fromthepu lic afet tatement.


Afterprovidinganinitial tatement,the u ject hallhaveanopportunit toreviewan audioorvideo
recording depictingtheincidentwithhi orherrepre entativeorattorne priorto eing u jecttoan
interview.

Limit RetentionofFootage
FPDretain all WCfootageforaminimumof60da .Afterthi duration,recording ma
eera ed,de tro edorrec cled uttherei norequirementtodo o.(III.J)
1.Con i tentwith tatelaw,theDepartment hallretainall WCrecording foraminimumof ixt (60)da ,
afterwhichrecording ma eera ed,de tro edorrec cled.
Notwith tandingan otherprovi ionofthi polic ,theDepartment hallretain WCrecording foraminimum
oftwo(2) ear if:
a.Therecordingi ofanincidentinvolvingamem er u eofforceoro cer-involved hooting;or
.Therecordingi ofanincidentthatlead tothedetentionorarre tofanindividual;or
c.Therecordingi relevanttoaformalorinformalcomplaintagain tamem erortheDepartment.
2.Notwith tandingan otherprovi ionofthi polic ,a WCrecordingma e avedforalongerorinde nite
periodoftimea partofa peci cca eifdeemedrelevanttoacriminal,civiloradmini trativematter.
...
4. u jecttothea ovelimitation ,mem er oftheRMOareauthorizedtodelete WCrecording inaccordance
withtheDepartment e ta li hedretentionpolicie on WCrecording orwhendirected the
CommandingO ceroftheRMO.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


FPDprohi it o cer fromdeleting,tampering,acce ingforper onalu e,or haring
footagewithoutpriorauthorizationfromtheRi kManagementO ce(RMO).(III.H.3;
III.J.3)
H. torageandU eofRecording .
...
3.Mem er areprohi itedfromtamperingwith WCrecording ,acce ing WCrecording forper onal
u e,andfromuploading WCrecording ontopu licor ocialmediaInternetWe ite withoutwritten
approvalfromthecommandingo ceroftheRMO.
...
J.Retention.
...
3.Amem erma notdeletean WCrecordingwithoutpriorauthorization.Themem er eekingtodelete
arecording hall u mitamemorandumtohi /herCommandingO cerreque tingtodeletefootage
froma WC leand hallmakeanentr ofthereque tintheappropriateca e le,ifapplica le.The
CommandingO cer hallthenforwardthememorandumtotheCommandingO ceroftheRMOfor
evaluationandappropriateaction.

Inaddition, FPDprohi it footageacce


enforcement.(III.F.2)

forpurpo e unrelatedtoalegitimatelaw

2.Mem er hallnotacce orviewa WC[recording]unle doing oinvolve alegitimatelawenforcement


purpo e.

FPDal olog allacce

torecordedfootage.(III.I.1.c;III.J.5)

I.DuplicationandDi tri ution.


...
1.DepartmentalReque t :
...
c.Duplicationanddi tri utionof WCrecording arelimitedtotho ewhohaveaneedtoknowanda
righttoknowandareforlawenforcementpurpo e onl .TheDepartment hallmaintainalogof
acce ,duplicationanddi tri ution.

...
J.Retention.
...
5.TheDepartment hallretainpermanentl allrecord oflog ofacce a etforthinI.1.[c]anddeletionof
dataincludingmemorandum a etforthinJ.3andJ.4fromthe WC.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


FPDrelie onexi tingpu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila le,anddoe notexpre
allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.(III.I.2.a)

2.Non-DepartmentalReque t
a.TheDepartment hallacceptandproce [Pu licRecordAct]reque t inaccordancewiththeprovi ion
offederal, tateandlocal tatute andDepartmentpolic .

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


FPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)
to earchfootage.

anJo ePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 13,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


anJo ePDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le od worncamerapolic onit
we ite homepage. anJo ePDwelcome pu liccommentonthedepartment WC
program,directingthepu lictoapu licopinion urve andanadditionalfollowup urve
fortho ewhohavemadecontactwithano cerwearinga od worncamera.Additionall ,
thepolic i tran latedinto ngli h, pani h,andVietname e.Thewe iteal oha a
Frequentl A kedQue tion pageonthepolic .
anJo ePD od worncamerapolic i notdated, uttheURLinclude 06-29-15
followingthetitle, ugge tingthatthepolic wa relea edonJune29,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Thepolic include anon-exhau tiveli tofcitizencontact thato cer arerequiredto
record.(5)
O cer hallmakeever e orttorecordnon-enforcementcontact houldthe ecomeconfrontational,
a aultiveorenforcement-oriented.Inadditiontotherequiredcondition ,per onnelma activatethe tem
an timethe feelit u ewould eappropriateand/orvalua letodocumentanincident...
Duringtheir hift,o cer hallmakeever rea ona lee orttoactivatethe od -worncamerapriorto
initiating,ora oona practicalafterinitiating,thefollowingpoliceaction :
A.Allenforcementencounter wheretherei atlea trea ona le u piciontheper on( )ha committed,i
committingorma einvolvedincriminalactivit .Thi include , uti notlimitedto:
a.Detention ,vehicle top ,pede trian top andcon en ualencounter
.Pro ation,parole,po t-relea ecommunit upervi ion,mandator upervi ionorcon ent earche ,
knockandtalk .
.Takingorattemptingtotakeaper onintocu tod (e.g.,arre t ,protectivecu tod ofmentall di tur ed
per on,etc.).
C. nforcementencounter wheretherei rea onto elievethattheindividuali committingaviolationfor
whichacitationma ei ued.
D.Allincident involvingau eofforce.

.Allpu licinteraction,regardle ofcontext,thate calate and ecome adver arial.


F. erviceof earchorarre twarrant .
G. u pect tatement .
H.Witne /Victim tatement (whenpractical).
I.Pur uit (whenpractical).
J.Re pon etocomplaint orcall for ervice.

Thepolic in truct o cer tou erea ona lejudgmentindeterminingwhento


deactivatethecamera.Whilethepolic prohi it o cer fromintentionall terminatingthe
recordinguntiltheconclu ionoftheencounter,thepolic provide avagueexceptionfor
tacticaland afet rea on .Withoutfurtherguidancethi languagegive o cer wide
di cretiontoturnthecamerao prematurel .(6)
od -worncamerarecording hallnot eintentionall terminateduntiltheconclu ionoftheencounter,
exceptfortacticalor afet rea on ,ortheencounternolongerhold evidentiar orinve tigativevalue....
O cer willu erea ona lejudgmentindeterminingwhentodeactivatethe od -worncamera, ucha when
thepurpo eforactivationi nolongerpre ent.( xample:Ano ceri a ignedtoanouterperimeterforan
extendedperiodoftimeandha nover alorvi ualcontactwithinvolvedpartie .)( xample:O cer have
ecuredapri onerandarecompletingpaperworkout idethepre enceofthepri oner,unle thepri oneri
com ative,agitatedorotherwi euncooperative.)

Thepolic require o cer torecordtherea onfordeactivatingrecordingoncamera


ver all andinapolicereport.Ifnopolicereporti led,theo cermu trecordtherea on
fordeactivatingthecameraonthecitation,ComputerAidedDi patchreport,or treet
Checkreport.(6)
...An timetherecordingi terminatedpriortotheendoftheencounter,therea on( ) hould edocumented
othonthe od -worncamerarecording eforedeactivationandinthe u equentpolicereport.Ifnopolice
reporti ledfortherecordedencounter,thentherea on( )fortheearl termination hould erecordedonthe
citation,CADeventor treetCheck...

Thepolic doe notrequireo cer toju tif afailuretorecordarequiredevent.


Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Thepolic doe notrequireo cer togaininformedcon entfromvictim orwitne e
priortorecording.However,in omecircum tance ,thepolic eitherrequire o cer to
compl withavictimorwitne reque ttonotto erecordedorallow theo certou ehi
orherdi cretionnottorecord.(8;9)
...O cer willnotknowingl activatethe od -worncamerainthefollowingcircum tance :
Apotentialwitne whoreque t to peaktoano cercon dentiall orde ire anon mit ( ee ection9,
VictimandWitne tatement ).
.Avictimorwitne whoreque t thatheor henot erecordedandthe ituationi notconfrontational
( ee ection9,VictimandWitne tatement ).
C.Avictimwhoreque t thatheor henot erecordeda aconditionofcooperationandtheintere t of
ju ticerequire uchcooperation( ee ection9,VictimandWitne tatement )
...
houldtheo ceru edi cretionandnotrecordthecrimevictimorwitne tatementwiththe od -worn
camera,theo cer houlddocumenttherea onfornotfull recordingthe tatementwiththe od -worn
camera.

Althoughthepolic prohi it o cer fromrecordingorallow themnottorecordinthe e


ituation ,thepolic encourage o cer torecordcrimevictimandwitne tatement
andinclude aprocedurefordoing o,recommendingthato cer developarapportwitha
victim/witne whoi he itantto erecorded.Thepolic provide thatiftheo cerdecide
tou edi cretiontodeactivatethecamera,theo cerma tillrecordtheaudioofthe
victim/witne tatement.(9)
Whenconductinganinve tigation,theo cer hallattempttorecordthecrimevictimorwitne tatement
withthe od -worncamera.Therecordingma evalua leevidencethatcontri ute toorcompliment an

inve tigation.Whileevidencecollectioni important,theDepartmental orecognize iti importantfor


o cer tomaintaincredi ilit withpeoplewantingto hareinformationwithlawenforcement.
Onocca ion,ano cerma encounterareluctantcrimevictimorwitne whodoe notwi htomakea
tatementoncamera.Inthe e ituation ,theo cer houldcontinuetodeveloprapportwiththeindividual
while alancingtheneedforevidencecollectionwiththeindividual reque tforprivac .
houldtheo ceru edi cretionandnotrecordthecrimevictimorwitne tatementwiththe od -worn
camera,theo cer houlddocumenttherea onfornotfull recordingthe tatementwiththe od -worn
camera.Inthe ein tance ,o cer ma tillrecordwithanaudiorecordera outlinedinDut Manual ectionL
4513.

Thepolic provide thato cer arenotrequiredtodeactivatetheir od -worncamera


olel onthe a i ofthereque tordemandofacitizen, utthi ectioni followed the
a oveguidanceonvictimandwitne tatement whichindicate tho eca e take
precedenceoverthi generalguidance.(5)
[O] cer hallnot erequiredtoactivateordeactivatetheir od -worncamera a ed olel onthereque t or
demand ofacitizen, utratherrel ontheirtrainingandthi polic todirecttheiru eofthe od -worn
camera.

Thepolic require o cer tomakearea ona lee orttoadvi epeoplethatthe are eing
recorded, utonl attime whentheo ceri requiredtorecord.Thepolic al oprovide
anexceptionforwhentheo cerha rea onto elievethatadvi ingthatthecamerai on
willendangertheo ceroranotherper on,orwillinterferewiththeinve tigation.The
polic doe notrequireo cer toadvi eoro taincon enttorecordwhentheo ceri ina
pu licplaceorwhentheo ceri lawfull pre entinalocationwheretherei an
expectationofprivac ,unle theo ceri performingacon ent- a ed earchofa
re idence.(7)
Generall ,o cer arenotrequiredtoadvi eoro taincon enttoutilizethe od -worncamerafromaprivate
per onwhen:
A.Inapu licplace;or
.Inalocationwheretherei anexpectationofprivac (e.g.,in idea uildingordwelling) uttheo ceri
lawfull pre ent.
However,wheninitiatingapoliceactiona de cri edin ection#5(WhentoActivate),o cer hallmakea
rea ona lee orttoadvi eper on the are eingrecordedwiththe od -worncamera,unle theo cerha
rea onto elievethatdoing owillendangerthe afet oftheo ceroranothero ceroramem erofthe
pu licorwillinterferewiththeconductofaninve tigation.
Whenano cer legalground fora earchofare idencei a ed olel oncon ent,the arerequiredto oth
advi eando taincon enttorecordwitha od -worncamerafromtheper on,withlegal tanding,whoi eing
recordedand/or earched.

Thepolic prohi it activationin everalcircum tance whereper onalprivac i ati


(8)

ue.

O cer willnotknowingl activatethe od -worncamerainthefollowingcircum tance :


...
F. trip earche .
G.Pu licorprivatelockerroom ,changingroom ,re troom ,unle takingthepoliceaction tatedin5(A)(F),and(I).
...
J.Otherplace whereindividual unrelatedtotheinve tigationarepre entandwouldhavearea ona le
expectationofprivac ,unle takingthepoliceaction tatedin5(A)-(F),and(I).

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
anJo ePD polic encourage o cer toviewfootagepriortowritinginitialreport ,with
theexceptionofo cer involvedinorwitne toanO cerInvolvedIncident.(13)
Ano cer houldreview od -worncamera le ,includingtho eofothero cer ,inthefollowingin tance :
Forthepurpo e ofcompletingcriminalinve tigation andpreparingo cialreport withtheexceptionof

O cer-InvolvedIncident . eeO cer-InvolvedIncident ( ection16)...

Thepolic prohi it o cer involvedinorwitne toanO cer-InvolvedIncidentfrom


viewingfootage eforemakinganinitial tatement,unle givenpermi iontodo o the
Chieforhi orherde ignee.Thepolic de ne O cer-InvolvedIncident a including
o cer-involved hooting ,in-cu tod death ,andan intentionalact ano cerwhich
proximatel cau e injur likel toproducedeathtoanother.(16)
Theinitialinterviewofano cerinvolvedinanO cer-InvolvedIncident houldoccur eforetheo cerha
reviewedan audio/videorecording oftheincident.Onceaninvolvedo cerha providedaninitial tatement,
hewillhaveanopportunit toreviewan availa lerecording withhi repre entative.Theo cer hallthen e
a ordedanopportunit toprovideafollow-up tatementafterhavingreviewedtherecording( ).TheChiefor
de ignee hallhavedi cretiontopermito cer toreviewvideo le priortotheinitialinterview.

Thepolic doe provide,ingeneral,thato cer houldnot u


detailedpolicereport.(12)

titutearecordingfora

Per onnel houldnot u titutea od -worncamerarecordingforadetailedandthoroughreport.Per onnel


houldcontinuetopreparereport a outlinedintheDut Manual.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic doe notrequirethedepartmenttodeleteun aggedfootage.Thepolic tate
that WCfootagewill eretainedforaperiodoftime, utdoe notde nethatperiodnor
requiredeletionattheendofthatperiod.(1)
TheDepartmentadopt theu eof od -worncamera tovi uall andaudi l record peci ccategorie of
interaction etweeno cer andthepu licandtoretaina ociatedvideoforaperiodoftime.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


Whilethepolic doe prohi ito cer fromtamperingwith WChardwareand oftware,the
polic doe notexpre l prohi ito cer fromtamperingwithfootage.(3)
O cer hallnotdeli eratel remove,di mantleortamperwithan hardwareand/ortheevidence
management oftwarecomponentofthe od -worncamera.

Thepolic doe prohi itunauthorizedacce

to WCrecording .(10;13;3)

(10)All od -worncamerarecording hallremainthepropert oftheDepartmentandcon tituteo cial


record ofinve tigationoftheDepartment.
(10)Unauthorizedacce to,oru e,duplication,and/ordi tri utionof od -worncamera le i prohi ited.
Per onnel hallnotmakecopie ofan od -worncamera lefortheirper onalu eandareprohi itedfrom
u ingarecordingdevice ucha aphonecameraor econdar videocameratorecord od -camera le .
(13)All leviewingi forlawenforcementu eonl and u jecttoarighttoknowandneedtoknow a i ...
(3)Mediacapturedviathe od -worncamera hallonl edownloaded/uploadedtoDepartment-approved
ecure torage. incethecontentoftherecordingma econ ideredevidence,andarecon idered
Departmentrecord ofinve tigation,o cer willcompl withall ection intheDut Manualregardingthe
handlingofevidenceando cialDepartmentrecord .

Thepolic doe indicatethatallacce


Acce tothe od -worncamera
viewingthe le .

tofootagei automaticall logged.(13)

temi loggedautomaticall withthedate,timeandnameofper on

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint

Thepolic doe notallowcomplainant toviewrelevantfootage,unle


orthede igneeapprove thereque t.(4)

theChiefofPolice

Atnotime,exceptatthedirectionoftheChieforde ignee, hallthe upervi orallowthecitizentoviewthe le


footage.

However,thepolic allow upervi or toviewvideoinordertore olvecitizencomplaint .


(4)
upervi or ma havethea ilit toimmediatel re olvecitizencomplaint
o cer od -worncamerapriortocontactingthecitizen.

viewingvideocaptured

the

Thepolic further tate thatthefootagecapturedi forlawenforcementu eonl .(13)


All leviewingi forlawenforcementu eonl and u jecttoarighttoknowandneedtoknow a i [Referto
Dut Manual ection C2002-2004,C2007,C2011,andChapterC2100]

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


The anJo ePDpolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,
facialrecognition)to earchfootage.

eattlePoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$600,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Octo er15,2015.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


eattlePDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onit we ite.Whilethe
polic i foundwithinthe eattlePoliceDepartmentManual,thewe - a edmanualmake
the WCpolic rea ona l ea to nd.Thepolic i Title16.091,e ectiveApril1,2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
eattlePDrequire o cer torecordaclearl de ned etofpoliceactivit .(4)
4.O cer WillRecordPoliceActivit
O cer willrecordthefollowingpoliceactivit :
*Re pon eto911call , tartingwhentheo cer egin traveltothecallandendingcon i tentwith
paragraph5 elow
*Terr top
*Tra c top
*On-ViewCriminalActivit
*Arre t and eizure
* earche andinventorie ofvehicle orper on
*Tran port (excludingride-along andpa enger formeeting )
*Vehicle luding/Pur uit
*Que tioning u pect orwitne e
Ifcircum tance preventrecordingwith WVatthe eginningofanevent,theo cer hall eginrecordinga
oona practical.
mplo ee willactivatethe WVtorecordthea ove,eveniftheeventi outofviewofthecamera.

O cer mu trecordtheentireevent,andifthe toprecordingprematurel ,the mu t


documenttherea onintheirreport.(5)

5.OnceRecordingHa egun, mplo ee hallNot topRecordingUntilthe ventHa Concluded


Once WVrecordingha egun,o cer willrecordtheentireevent.Aneventha concludedwhenallofthe
followingappl :
*Theemplo eeha completedhi orherpartoftheactiveinve tigation;
*Therei littlepo i ilit thattheemplo eewillhavefurthercontactwithan per oninvolvedintheevent;
and
*Theemplo eei leavingtheareaoftheevent
...
O cer who toprecordingwiththe WVduringaneventmu tdocumenttherea on( )fordoing ointheGO
report.Iftherei noGOcreated,theo cerwilldocumenttherea on( )inanupdatetothecall.

An failuretorecordrequiredevent mu tal o edocumented.(7)


7.O cer WillDocumentthe xi tenceofVideoorRea onforLackofVideo
mplo ee willdocumenttheexi tenceofvideo,lackofvideo,ordela ofthe tartofvideoinacallupdateand
an related[report ].
mplo ee whoarenotloggedtoacallorevent utcapturevideooftheeventwilllogtothecallandnotethat
theeventwa recordedinacallupdate.
Ifthi polic require thatanevent erecorded,andtherei norecordingortherewa adela inrecording,
emplo ee mu texplaininwritingwh itwa notrecordedorwh the tartoftherecordingwa dela ed.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


eattlePDprohi it o cer fromintentionall recordingplace whereaheightened
expectationofprivac exi t , utdoe notaddre peci ccategorie ofvulnera le
people.(4)
4....Unle therei rea ona le u picionto elievethatcriminalactivit i occurringorwilloccur,emplo ee
hallnotintentionall record:
...
*Place whereaheightenedexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha re troom ,jail ,orho pital ,unle fora
directlawenforcementpurpo e ucha acrimeinprogre ortherecordingofthelocationi materialto
acriminalinve tigation.

O cer mu tnotif all u ject thatthe are eingrecorded, utnocon enti required
unle therecordingwouldtakeplaceinare idenceorotherprivatearea.(4,6)
4....Forre idence orotherprivatearea notopentothepu lic,o cer willa kforcon enttorecordwith
WV.Thereque tandan re pon ewill erecorded.Ifthereque ti denied,o cer will toprecordingwith
WVduringthetimethatthe areintheprivatearea.
6.O cer hallNotif Per on ofRecording
O cer u ing WV hallnotif per on thatthe are eingrecordeda oona practical,andthe
noti cationmu t eontherecording.
O cer hallrepeatthenoti cation,ifpractical,foradditionalpeoplethat ecomeinvolvedinthe
recording.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
eattlePDallow o cer toviewrecordedfootageforawiderangeofpurpo e ,including
forinve tigation .(POL-22)
2. mplo ee Ma ReviewRecordedVideo
mplo ee ma view od -wornvideoforthefollowingpurpo e :
*Complaint
*Criminalinve tigation
*O cer-involvedcolli ion,includingColli ionReview oardinve tigation
*VehiclePur uitinve tigationorreview
*ForceReview oard
*Pu licDi clo urereque t

*U eofForcerevieworinve tigation
*Performanceapprai al
*A partofthe arl Intervention
tem( I )
*Trainingpurpo e ,withthepermi ionoftheinvolvedo cer .
*AuditandQualit Control/Trou le hooting

Limit RetentionofFootage
eattlePDdoe notaddre

,andthu doe notrequire,thedeletionofan footage.

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


eattlePDexpre l prohi it unauthorizedcop ingoffootage, utdoe notaddre other
form offootagetamperingorunauthorizedacce .Thepolic vaguel tate that
[d]epartmentpolic govern theu e offootage, utdoe notclearl identif which
peci cpolicie appl .(POL-21,5)
1.All od WornVideo andRelatedDataarethePropert ofthe eattlePoliceDepartment
Departmentpolic govern allacce ,review,andrelea eof od -wornvideo.
...
5. mplo ee hallNotMakeCopie ofRecordedVideoWithoutWrittenAuthorizationFromaCaptain

Promi ingl ,eachtimefootagei viewed, eattlePDemplo ee mu t tatetherea onthe


aredoing o.(POL-24)
4.U er hallNotethePurpo eforViewingVideo
An emplo eeviewingavideo hallmanuall makeanentr intheapplication tatingthepurpo efor
viewingthevideo.
achvendor viewingapplicationautomaticall log theidentit ofau erwhoacce e aparticularvideo,
a wella thedateandtimeofacce .

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


eattlePDdoe notexpre
toviewfootage.

l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


eattlePDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

MetropolitanPoliceDepartment, t.Loui

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 29,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


t.Loui PDha a ectiononit we itedevotedtoit od worncameraprogram,linkedto
clearl fromthehomepage.Thepagelink tothedraftpolic ,whichappear tohave een
pu li hedorupdatedonMarch9,2016(accordingtodocumentmetadata).
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
t.Loui PDprovide ali tof ituation whereo cer mu trecord.(I.1)
1. nforcementRelatedContact
a.O cer willu etheeventmodetorecordenforcementrelatedcontact .Theeventmode hould e
activatedpriortoactualcontactwiththecitizen,ora oona afel po i lethereafter,andcontinue
recordinguntilthecontacti concludedorthecontacttran ition fromanenforcementcontactinto
intelligencegathering.
.O cer are trongl encouragedtoinformcitizen the are eingrecordedinane orttode-e calate
potentialcon ict .
c. nforcementrelatedcontact includethefollowing:
1)Tra c top ,
2)Fieldinterview ,
3)Detention ,
4)Arre t ,
5)Per on pre entatradiocall,whoareaccu edofcrime ,and
6)Con en ualencounter inwhichtheo ceri attemptingtodeveloprea ona le u piciononthe
u jectoftheencounter.
d.A i tinganotherCit emplo eeorlawenforcemento cer(ie.Parking nforcement,ParkRanger ,etc.)
duringanenforcementcontact.
2.Arre t
a.O cer ma toprecordingintheeventmodewhenthearre teei cooperativeand afel ecuredin ide
alawenforcementfacilit .Ifanarre tee ecome uncooperative,oriftherei omeevidentiar purpo e,
o cer houldre umerecordingintheeventmode.
.Ifano cerre ume recordingintheeventmode,thecamerawillremainineventmodeuntiltheo cer
nolongerha contactwiththe u ject.

3. earche
a.When earchingapri onerandwithout acri cingo cer afet ,iti advantageou topo itionthe earch
othatiti capturedoncamera.Thi tart thechainofcu tod allowingan contra andorweapon
foundto edocumentedonthe WCrecording.
.O cer houldrecordduringtheexecutionofa earchwarrant,anarre twarrant,aFourthAmendment
waiver earch,knockandtalk,oracon ent earchinwhichtheo ceri lookingfora u pect,evidenceor
contra and.
c.During earche ofcommercial uilding orre identialdwelling whentherei a trongindicationof
encounteringa u pect,whilekeepingo cer afet a theprimar concern,o cer houldactivatetheir
od worncamera priortomakingentr intothe uilding.Therecordingofa u pectconfrontation
normall outweigh tactic potentiall hownintherecording.
4.Tran portingPri oner
a.O cer equippedwith WCwillrecordallpri onerorpa engertran port ,regardle ofthegenderof
thepri onerorpa enger.Theentiretran portwill erecorded.Twoo cerunit will erequiredto
recordwithatlea tone WCduringtran port .
5. u pectInterview
a.O cer areencouragedtofull record u pectinterview .O cer willnot topand tarttherecording
duringa u pectinterview.Theonl exceptiontorecordinga u pectinterviewwould eifthe u pect
decline tomakea tatementduetothe od worncamera eingactivated.
.Whenrecordinginterview ,o cer willen urethe recordan admoni hment priortothe tartofan
interview.
6. pecial vent
a.O cer a igned WC willocca ionall a i t pecializedinve tigativeunit andagencie in en itive
operation wherecon dentialit i imperativetotheoperation.Iftherei a peci crea onintheintere t
oftheinve tigationforo cer involvedintheoperationtonotactivatetheir WC ,the upervi orin
chargemu tgivehi orherapproval.A entan peci crea ontonotactivatethe WCapproved the
upervi orincharge,o cer willrecordan in tance li tedinthi procedure.
...

ut,wheno cer toprecordingorfailtorecordarequiredincident,therei no


requirementtoprovideaconcreteju ti cation.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Thepolic note thatcitizen donothavearea ona leexpectationofprivac when
interactingwithpoliceo cer , utthepolic doe include omeprivac afeguard for
victim ,witne e ,patient ,andindividual involvedinpeacefuldemon tration .O cer
arenotrequiredtonotif citizen the are eingrecordedexceptin omelimited
circum tance ,norarethe requiredto toprecording olel atthedemandofacitizen.
Weareencouragedthatthedepartmentcon ideredtheneed ofvulnera leindividual , ut
di couraged thepolic pre umptionagain tarighttoprivac ,a wella thepolic
confu inglanguage.We elievethedepartmenti movingtheintherightdirection, ut
therei roomforimprovement.(H)
H.PRIVACYCONC RN
1.Privatecitizen donothavearea ona leexpectationofprivac whentalkingwithpoliceo cer during
the copeofano cer o cialdutie ,evenwhenthecontacti inaprivatere idence.Wheno cer are
lawfull pre entinahome(warrant,con ent,orexigentcircum tance )inthecour eofo cialdutie ,
therei norea ona leexpectationofprivac .Therefore,o cer arenotrequiredtogivenoticethe are
recording.However,ifa ked,o cer willadvi ecitizen the are eingrecorded.
2.O cer arenotrequiredtoinitiateorcea erecordinganevent, ituation,orcircum tance olel atthe
demandofacitizen.
3.O cer and upervi or involvedintheinve tigationofacomplaintagain tamem eroftheDepartment
mu tinformcomplainant andcomplaintwitne e the are eingrecorded.

Thepolic indicate thatvictim andwitne e aregenerall notrecorded,and


editorialize therea oningforrecordingvictim ofviolentdome ticcrime .(J;K.7-8)
J.DI CR TIONARYR CORDING
1.Victimandwitne interview willgenerall not erecorded.
2.Dome ticviolencevictim oftenrecanttheir tatement a earl a thefollowingmorningafteracrime.

omevictim go ofara tote tif thattheo cerfa ricatedtheir tatement.Victim ma al omake


theirchildrenunavaila leforinve tigator orcourttoavoidtheirproviding tatement .Forthe erea on ,
dome ticviolencevictim ofviolentfelonie ucha trangulation,a aultwithadeadl weapon,or
an thingrequiringho pitalization hould erecorded.O cer houldal orecordthe tatement of
childrenofdome ticviolencevictim whoarewitne e inthe et pe ofca e .
3. WC willnot eu edduring exCrime orChildA u einve tigation toinclude tatement ofvictim ,
witne e ,andinteraction withparent ofvictim .
4.O cer occa ionall re pondtod namicandchaoticcrime cene .Theinitialencounter withthe
victim,andwitne e ,includingtheirlocationandan pontaneou tatement made,can eimportant
totheoverallinve tigation.Therefore,o cer ma u etheir WC torecordthe et pe of cene for
evidentiar purpo e .
K.PROHI IT DR CORDING
...
7.PatientPrivac
a.O cer willnotrecordpatient duringmedicalorp chologicalevaluation aclinicianor imilar
profe ional,orduringtreatment.O cer will eawareofpatient right toprivac wheninho pital
etting .Whenrecordinginho pital andothermedicalfacilitie ,o cer will ecarefultoavoid
recordingper on otherthanthe u pect.
.O cer willnotrecordwhileinafacilit who eprimar purpo ei toprovidep chiatricormedical
ervice unle re pondingtoaradiocallinvolvinga u pectortakinga u pect tatement.
c.O cer willnotregularl recordwhilein idejailfacilitie .
d.However,inan etting,ifconfrontingaviolentora aultive u pect,orinananticipatedu eof
forcein tance,o cer will,whenrea ona l a letodo o,activatetheir WC torecordthe
encounter.
8.Demon tration
a.A ageneralpolic ,Departmentper onnel houldrefrainfromvideorecordingorphotographing
peacefuldemon tration .
.Whentherei rea onto elievethataplannedeventha thepotentialforunlawfulactivit ,
CommandingO cer houldmakethedeterminationwhethervi ualrecordingorphotographingi
appropriate.
c.Whentherei rea onto elievethataplannedeventha thepotentialforunlawfulactivit ,
CommandingO cer houldmakethedeterminationwhethervi ualrecordingorphotographingi
appropriate.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
t.Loui PDallow o cer toviewfootage eforecompletingtheirwrittenreport and
providingte timon .Thepolic al o omewhat trangel editorialize the ene tofcamera
footageoverhumanrecollection.(Q.1-5)
Q.R VI WINGDIGITAL VID NC
1.O cer ma reviewtheirowndigitalevidence.Digitalevidencecanprovideacuetoano cer memor
torecallmorefact andgreaterdetailofanincident.
2.Detective arere pon i leforreviewing,updatingandtrackingdigitalevidencea ociatedwiththeir
a ignedca e .
3. WC havea eldofvi ionofeither75degree fortheFlexor130degree fortheAxon.Whilehuman
eing havea eldofvi ionof180degree ,thehuman rainha a eldofattentionof50-60degree .
Under tre ,thi eldcannarrowdowntoadegree. tre al oinduce auditor exclu ionand
prevent the rainfromanal zingandremem eringallthe timulithatittake inthroughthe en e .
a.O cer makedeci ion a edonthetotalit ofthehuman en e .Ano cer recollectionof
peci cdetail ma edi erentthanwhati capturedindigitalevidence ince WC onl capture
audioandvideo.
.O cer houldreviewdigitalevidencepriortocompletingreport toa i tinprimingtheir
recollection.
4.O cer willwritetheirreport towhatthe remem erandnotean di crepancie fromwhatthe
recording how .O cer willnotwritetheirreport a ed olel onwhatthe viewedfromthe WC
recording.
5.O cer willreviewdigitalevidencepriortoprovidingte timon athearing ,trial,ordepo ition .
...

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic refer toretentioncategorie , utfail toela orateinhowthe a ectretention
period .Thepolic note thatrecording will eretainedforatlea t90da , utdoe not

pecif amaximumretentionperiodafterwhichfootagemu t edeleted.(N.1.C;O.1)


N.1.C.O cer will electtheretentioncategor thatmo taccuratel t therecording.
...
O. WCFIL R T NTION
1.Recording generatedonDepartmentalequipmentwill eretainedforatlea tninet (90)da .

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


t.Loui PDprohi it o cer fromera ingortamperingwithrecording andcollecteddata,
a wella fromacce ing,cop ing,orrelea ingfootageforrea on otherthano ciallaw
enforcementpurpo e .(C.10-11)
10.Acce ing,cop ing,forwardingorrelea ingan digitalevidenceforotherthano ciallawenforcementu e
andcontrar tothi procedurei trictl prohi ited.Pu licrelea eofdigitalevidencei prohi itedunle
approved thePoliceCommi ionerorde ignee.
11.Per onalcomputerequipmentand oftwareprogram willnot eutilizedwhenmakingcopie ofdigital
evidence.U inga econdar recordingdevice ucha videocamera,cellphoneorotherdevicetorecordor
capturedigitalevidencefrom vidence.comi trictl prohi ited.

Thepolic mention thatthePlanningandRe earchdepartmenti re pon i leforproviding


copie ofaudittrail forrecording whenreque ted, utthelanguagei not u cientl
cleartoconvinceu thattheauditlogrelate toacce tofootageratherthan impl
recordingmetadataandchainofcu tod information.Werethepolic toclarif thi ,the
departmentwouldreceiveagreeninthi categor .(U.3)
3.PLANNINGANDR

ARCHi re pon i leforperformingthefollowingdutie :

...
.Provideo cialcopie ofan recordingaudittrailwhenproperl reque ted.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


t.Loui PDgive upervi or omedi cretiontoallowcomplainant toviewrelevant
footage, utdoe notrequirethemtodo o.(Q.7.M)
upervi or houldreview WCrecording toa i tcitizen complaint . upervi or havedi cretionto how
WCrecording toacomplainantwhenitrelate tohi orhercomplaint,toa i tinclarif ingthecomplaint,
re olvingthecomplaint,orhavingthecomplaintwithdrawn.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

TampaPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 14,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


TampaPDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,TampaPD mo t
currentpu licl availa le WCpolic wa foundonthe ureauofJu ticeA i tance od
WornCameraToolkit.Thi polic i datedMarch2015.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
TampaPD polic provide aclearli tof ituation thatmu t erecorded.O cer mu t
providewrittenexplanation whenthe failtorecordanincidentthatthepolic require to
erecorded.(IV.C.2-3)
2.Thedepartmentandindividualo cer arelikel to e crutinizedwhenevertherei novideoonanincident
wherevideowould ehelpful.Yourdi cretionanddocumentationwill eparamountinexplaining ouraction .
3.The od wornrecording tem HALL eutilizedtogatherandrecordthefollowingt pe ofevent ,
wheneverpo i le, allo cer involved:
a.Tra c top
.Pur uit -vehicleorfoot
c.Potentiall confrontationalcitizencontact
d.Ph icalarre t
e.U eofforce ituation
f. u piciou vehicle/per oncall
g.In-cu tod Mirandaright advi ementandinterview (unle recording othermean in idepolice
facilitie )
h.Alarmre pon e and uildingcheck
i.An otherlawenforcementactivit whichtheo cerfeel could ene tfromu eofthe od worn
recording tem.Iftherei an dou tthe tem hould eactivated.Theina ilit todo o,andlackof
recordingofvideoinan ofthea ovein tance ,mu t eju ti edinwriting.

TampaPD polic allow o cer tonotimmediatel recordanincidentifdoing o...


place[ ]themorother indanger.However,inthe e ituation ,thepolic require the
o certo eginrecordinga oona po i leaftertheimmediatethreatha een
addre ed.(IV.C.5)
TheTampaPoliceDepartmentrecognize therearecertaincircum tance whereo cer ma happenupona
ituationrequiringimmediateactiontopreventinjur ,de tructionofevidence,ore cape.Inthe et pe of
ituation o cer houldactivatethe od wornrecording temifdoing odoe notplacethemorother in
danger.Ifimmediateactivationi notfea i le,theo cerwillactivatethecameraatthe r tavaila le
opportunit ,whentheimmediatethreatha eenaddre ed.

Thepolic allow o cer todeactivatetheircamera inthree peci c ituation ,including


whenthe rea ona l elievethatdoing owillnotre ultinthelo ofcritical
documentar information.Inthe e ituation ,theo cermu tnotean deci ionto
deactivateinthevideorecordingandintheincidentreport;however,theo cerdoe not
explicitl requireo cer todocumentwh the toppedrecording.Thi categor would
havereceivedagreencla i cationhaditincludedlanguagetoexplicitl requireju ti cation
(IV.C.6)
The od wornrecording temma emanuall deactivated o cer whenthe rea ona l elievedoing
owillnotre ultinthelo ofcriticaldocumentar information,toprotecttacticalorcon dentialdi cu ion
or rie ng ,orwhendirectedtodo o a upervi or.Thedeactivationwill edocumentedonthevideoandin
thereport.

Thepolic explicitl for id o cer fromdeactivatingthecamerainanticipationofu ing


forceorwhileengaginginaconfrontationalcitizencontact.(IV.C.9)
Intentionall turningo the teminanticipationofau eofforceincidentorotherconfrontationalcitizen
contacti a olutel for idden[.]

Inaddition,failuretoactivatethecamerama ratherthanwillre ultindi ciplinar


action.(IV.C.8)
Failuretoactivatethe od wornrecording

tema outlinedinthi OP...ma re ultindi ciplinar action.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Whilethepolic doe notaddre generalprivac i ue ,itdoe requireo cer to oth
informandturno theircamera uponthereque tofacrimevictimwhentheo cer
interview thevictim.(IV.C.4)
Avictim hould einformedthattheinterviewwill erecordedunle thevictimo ject .Therefu al hould e
tatedonthevideo thevictim,thevideoturnedo anddocumentedinthereport.

Thepolic al o peci e thato cer ma notrecordcon dentialinformant .(IV.C.7.d.)


7.The od wornrecording

tem HALLNOT:

...
d. eu edtorecordcon dentialinformant orundercovero cer unle approved

a ergeantora ove.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Notonl doe thepolic allowo cer toreviewrecording ofincident efore ling
documentationthepolic require it.Furthermore,thepolic in truct o cer toinclude
intheirreport adetailedde criptionofthecontentofthevideofootageandwhatma
have eenoutofviewofthecamera.(IV. .2)
Thevideo hould ereviewedpriortowritingareporttoen urecon i tenc .Althoughthevideoi areference

inareportit hallnotexcludethewritingofthedetail inthereport.A anexampletheterm eevideo hould


eavoidedandadetailedde criptionofwhatthevideoo ervedandwhatma have eenoutofview hould e
de cri edinthereport.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic et aminimumforhowlongTampaPD houldretainfootagethati
uncategorizedortaggeda non-event.However,thepolic doe notindicatewhenTampa
PDmu tdeleteit WCfootage.(IV. .3)
An videothati uncategorizedortaggeda non-eventwill ekeptinthe temaminimumof90da .All
videothati taggedwillfollowa tandardretentionperiod a edonthevideotagginginconjunctionwiththe
rule underF. .Chapter119forretentionofrecord .

F. .Chapter119.021(2)(a)de ignate theDivi ionofLi rar andInformation ervice ofthe


Departmentof tatea re pon i lefor ettingretentionanddi po al chedule forpu lic
record .Theo ce record cheduleforlawenforcement,e ectiveFe ruar 19,2015,
doe notappeartoincludea chedulefor od worncameraavideo.F. .Chapter119.071(2)
(5)provide thatAlawenforcementagenc mu tretaina od camerarecordingforat
lea t90da utdoe not etadateforthepurgingof WCfootage.Itremain unclear
howTampaultimatel di po e ofrecordedfootage.
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
TampaPD polic prohi it o cer fromtamperingwith WCrecording .However,the
polic doe notprovidethatacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(IV.C.10)
O cer hallnotera e,alter,reu e,modif ,ortamperwithoriginalaudio/videorecording .

Thepolic prohi it thea u eormi u eofthe[ WC]


temandrequire o cer to
properl retainand torefootage.However,thepolic nevermake clearwhatcon titute
a u eormi u e.(IV.C.8)
Failureto...properl retainand torerecording ,orthea u eormi u eofthe
action.

temma re ultindi ciplinar

Thepolic prohi it unauthorizedcop ingandtran mi ionoffootage, utdoe not


explicitl prohi itunauthorizedacce to WCfootage.Thepolic eem toallowan
o certoacce an WCrecordingatan timeforan rea on.(VII.A,C,andD)
A....Cop ing,tran mittingorotherreproductionofan digitalrecording egmentgenerated theTampa
PoliceDepartment od wornrecording tem,orremoving uchrecording out idetheTampaPolice
Department,withoutauthorizationfromtheChiefofPolicei prohi ited.
...
C.O cer orotheremplo ee hallnotretain,ordi tri utetoan per onorentit ,an originalorcop ofan
recordingexcepta peci edinthe .O.P.ora expre l approved theo cer oremplo ee upervi or.
D.Po tingoffootagetoan ocialmedia itewithoutpriorwrittenapprovalfromtheChieforde igneei trictl
prohi ited.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic relie onexi tingpu licrecord lawtomakefootagepu licl acce i leanddoe
notexpre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.
(VII.A- )
A.Iti thepolic oftheTampaPoliceDepartmentthatallrecording generatedondepartmentalequipmentare
thepropert oftheTampaPoliceDepartment....
.Reque t forcopie ofdigitalrecording per on oragencie out idetheTampaPoliceDepartmentor
tateAttorne O ce hall edirectedtothePu licRecord O ceand u jecttotheprovi ion ofFlorida

tatute Chapter119.Thereque tingper onwill ere pon i lefortheco tofduplicationpur uantto tate
tatute.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

Tuc onPoliceDepartment

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
La tupdated:Jul 14,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Tuc onPDpu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onlinewithintheTuc on
PoliceDepartmentGeneralOrder ,foundundera ectioncalled3700 pecialized
Department quipment.Thepolic i 3760 ODYWORNCAM RA Y T M,whichwa
revi edonMa 11,2015andwa currenta ofJul 7,2016.
OnMarch9,2016,arepre entativeoftheTuc onPoliceDepartmentinformedu thatthe
polic i currentl eingreviewed,andanewpolic might eunveiledina out ixmonth .
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Thepolic require o cer torecordinawiderangeoflawenforcement ituation ,
including earche of u pect and uilding , ervicecall ,andcitizeninteraction
performedinaninve tigativeorenforcementcapacit .Thepolic require o cer to
eginrecordingthe eevent a oona practical.(3764.1)
U er hallactivatethe WCtorecordthefollowingevent a oona practical:
Oncall for ervice(uponarrivalforprioritie elowLevel2;upondi patchforprioritie ofLevel1orLevel
2).
UponCode3activation.
Duringcitizencontact inaninve tigativeorenforcementcapacit (.e.g.tra c top ,detention ,arre t ,
Mirandaadvi ement,u eofforceincident ,criticalincident , eldinterview ,orcon en ualcontact
wheretheo ceri attemptingtodeveloprea ona le u picion).
An timetheu erfeel iti appropriateornece ar tocreateavideorecord.
Whenordered a upervi or.
During u pect/ uilding earche .

Thepolic limit o cer di cretionto toprecording requiringo cer tocontinue


recordingrequiredevent untilthecompletionoftheencounteroraction,oruntil[the
o cer ]haveleftthe cene.Al o,wheno cer areinvolvedinanincidentwheredeathor

eriou injur occur orwherea oardofInquir ma econvenede.g.ano cer-involved


hooting,thepolic prohi it themfrom toppingrecordinguntildirectedtodo o a
uperioro cer.(3764.1)
Onceactivated,mem er willcontinuetorecorduntilthecompletionoftheencounteroraction,oruntilthe
haveleftthe cene,excepta providedinthi order.
WCu er involvedinanincidentwhere eriou injur ordeathoccur ,orwherea oardofInquir ma e
convenede.g.ano cer-involved hooting... hallnot toptherecordinguntildirectedtodo o.In uch
circum tance ,therecording hallonl e topped the r t upervi oron- ceneorIncidentCommander
whenthe cenei ecured.A oona practical,the r t upervi oron- ceneorIncidentCommander hall
providedirectionto toptherecordingofan WCworn aninvolvedmem er(Focu ,CoverorWitne
o cer).The WC hall e ecured theinve tigativedetail.

However,thepolic require neitheraconcreteju ti cationforturningthecamerao nor


forfailingtorecordarequiredevent.
Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern
Thepolic mention theimportanceofper onalprivac , uto er vagueguidanceonwhen
nottorecord.Thepolic prohi it recordinginplace privac would eexpectedandonl
provide a example locker/dre ingroom orre troom .Thepolic al oprovide an
exceptionforrecordingintheo cialperformanceofalawenforcementfunction.
(3764.3)
The WC tem hallnot eactivatedinplace whereprivac would eexpected, ucha locker/dre ing
room orre troom ,exceptintheo cialperformanceofalawenforcementfunction.

Thepolic doe notrequireo cer tonotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded,nordoe


thepolic requireo cer too taininformedcon entfromvictim orothervulnera le
individual priortorecording.Thepolic permit utdoe notrequireano certocompl
withavictim reque ttonot erecordedanda uchallow o cer tocontinuerecording
de piteavictim reque tnottorecord.(3764.1)
Whenrecordingavictimcontact,con iderationma egivenifthevictima k notto erecorded.Alternative
mean ofoperatingthe WCcan eu edtoaudiorecord utnotvideorecordvictim (camerainpocketorlen
locked).Thevictim reque ttonot erecorded hall erecordedtodocumentthi ifpo i le.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Thepolic allow o cer toviewfootagewhilecompletingtheirreport .Thepolic doe
notexpre l requireaninitialwrittenreportor tatement eforean relevantfootagei
reviewed.(3764.1-2)
Mem er hallonl view le createdviathe WCtoa i twithaninve tigation,thecompletionofreport ,or
inpreparationforhearing ,depo ition andtrial.
...
Videorecording areintendedto upplementDepartmentalreport . u mittedreport are tillrequiredto
comprehen ivel capturethetotalit oftheevent.

Limit RetentionofFootage
Thepolic require Tuc onPDtodeleteun aggedfootageafter180da

.(3765.3)

Recording notattachedtoaca eorinve tigationwill epurgedafter180da .

Thepolic al orequire compliancewithexi ting taterecordretentionlawandevidence


retentionprotocol .Thecurrentretention cheduledoe not peci call addre WC
recording .(3765.3)

achaudio-video lewill eretainedforaminimuminterimperiodde nedinthi chapter.Long-termvideo le


torage hallcompl withexi ting taterecordretentionlawandevidenceretentionprotocol .

Whilenotincludedinthepolic ,apageonthepolicedepartmentwe itecalledO taining


PoliceReport &Di clo ureindicate that aggedfootagei retainedfor3 ear forpett
o en e ,25 ear formi demeanor and109 ear forfelonie .
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Thepolic expre l prohi it othfootagetamperingandunauthorizedacce , utdoe
notindicatethatallacce torecordedfootagewill eloggedoraudited.(3764.3)
Mem er hallnotalter,remove,di mantle,ortamperinan wa withan WCrelatedhardwareandor
oftware.Mem er hallnotdeleteoralter WCrecording .
Acce ing,viewing,cop ing,orrelea ing WCrecording forotherthantheo ciallawenforcementpurpo e
etoutinthi GeneralOrderi trictl prohi ited.An deviationmu t eapproved a upervi or.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


Thepolic relie onArizona pu licrecord lawtomakefootageavaila leanddoe not
expre l allowindividual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.
Underthepolic ,citizen canonl acce recording throughapu licrecord reque torif
acce i approved a upervi or.Thepolic doe notprovidean criteriafor
upervi or tocon iderindeterminingwhetherornottoapprovefootageforpu lic
di clo ure.(3764.3;3765.3)
3764.3.Departmentmem er hallnotallowcitizen toreviewtherecording ,unle approved a upervi or.
Mem er ofthepu licreque tingtoviewarecording hall edirectedtoutilizethepu licrecord proce to
o tainvideo.
3765.3.All WCrecording andinformationcaptureda partofaDepartmentmem er dutie hall ethe
propert oftheTuc onPoliceDepartmentand econ ideredarecordoftheTuc onPoliceDepartment.The
relea eofinformationreque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill e u jecttothe ame tatutor
exemption fromdi clo urea an otherDepartmentalrecord .Priortorelea ingan WCrecording ,the
Departmentwillen ureproperredactioni completed.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage


Thepolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facial
recognition)to earchfootage.

MetropolitanPoliceDepartmentoftheDi trictof
Colum ia

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
Addre

e Per onalPrivac Concern

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
Receiveda$1,000,000DOJgrantfor WC in2015
La tupdated:Jul 20,2016.I thereanewver ionofthi polic ?Letu know.

Make theDepartmentPolic Pu licl andReadil Availa le


MPDmaintain adedicatedwe pagea outit WCprogram.Notonl doe thepage
provideMPD mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic (datedJune29,2015),ital o
provide programcontext,relevantdocument ,an wer tofrequentl a kedque tion ,and
even ample WCfootage.
Limit O cerDi cretiononWhentoRecord
MPDprovide alonganddetailedli tof ituation thato cer mu trecord.(V.3-4)
3.Mem er ,includingprimar , econdar ,anda i tingmem er , hall tarttheir WCrecording a oona a
calli initiatedviaradioorcommunicationfromOUContheirmo iledatacomputer(MDC),oratthe
eginningofan elf-initiatedpoliceaction.
4.Inaddition,mem er hallactivatetheir WC forthefollowingevent :
a.Alldi patchedand elf-initiatedcall -for- ervice;
.Allcontact initiatedpur uanttoalawenforcementinve tigation,whethercriminalorcivil;NOT :
Mem er arenotrequiredtorecordnon-inve tigator contact (e.g., u ine check ).
c.All top (i.e.,tra c,pede trian,and ic cle),andfri k a de nedinGO-OP -304.10(Police-Citizen
Contact , top ,andFri k );
d.Vehicleandfootpur uit ;
e.Alltra ccra h cene ;
f.An incidentortra ccra hinwhichthemem eri involved;
g.DUIandcon umptionofmarijuanainve tigation ;
h.High-ri kencounter (e.g., arricade ituation ,active hooter ituation );
i.Tacticalactivitie ,toincludecanine, mergenc Re pon eTeamandCivilDefen eUnitdeplo ment ;

j. ncounter withmentalhealthcon umer ;


k. u piciou activitie ;
l.U eofforce ituation ;
m.Arre t ;
n. ncounter requiringtheadvi ingofMirandaright ;
o.Alltran port ofpri oner andcitizen ;
p.An ofthefollowing earche ofaper onorpropert :
(1)Con ent earche ;
(2)Warrantle earche ;
(3)Vehicle earche ;
(4) earche conductedincidenttoarre t;
(5)Inventor earche ;
(6)Cur or earche ;
(7)Pro a lecau e earche ;
(8) xecutionof earchorarre twarrant ;
(9)Field earche ;
(10)Full-cu tod earche ;
(11) tripor quat earche ;
q.Ho pitalguarddetail a outlinedinPartV.A.8ofthi order;
r.Duringtheinitialinventor ingof eizedmone oran highvaluepropert ;
.During chool- a edevent a de nedinPartIII.11ofthi ordera wella otherencounter withjuvenile
duringevent de nedinthi ection;
t.DuringFir tAmendmentA em lie inaccordancewithPartV.A.7ofthi order;
u.Whilea i tingotherlawenforcementagencie (e.g.,United tate ParkPolice,Di trictofColum ia
Hou ingAuthorit Police)inhandlingincident outlinedinthi ection;
v.Whileinteractingwithcitizen in ideapolicefacilit (e.g., tationper onnelprovidingpolice ervice or
information);and
w.An incidentthatthemem erdeem itappropriatetoactivatethe WCinaccordancewiththi orderor
upondirectionfromano cial.

O cer aregivenclearguideline a outdeactivatingtheircamera .(V.11. )


Onceactivatedinaccordancewiththi order,mem er hallnotdeactivatetheir WCuntil/unle :
1)The havenoti edthedi patcheroftheira ignment di po ition,andthe haveclearedthea ignmentor,
intheca eofarre t,havetran ferredcu tod ofthearre teetoanothermem er.
(2)Theirinvolvementinthecitizencontactordetentionha concluded.
(3)The receiveanorderfromahigher-rankingmem er.In uchca e ,mem er halldocumenttheorderand
thenameoftheo cialintheira ociatedincidentorarre treport andonthe WCwhenpractica le.
(4)The earchrequiringactivationa outlinedinPartV.A.4.pofthi orderha concluded,andthemem er
elieve heor hewillhavenofurtherinteractionwiththeper onorpropert .
(5)Apur uitha eenterminated,andthemem erha returnedto ervicethroughthedi patcher.
(6)Intheeventofaprolongedcrime ceneoranincidentduringwhichtimethe needtotakea reak(e.g.,
re troom reak).Intho eca e ,mem er hallcontactthedi patchertoreque ta reakandlaterdocument
inthenon-pu licnarrative ectionofallrelatedreport ortheirnote ooktheinterruptionofthe WC
recording.

O cer mu tdocumentan dela orfailuretoactivateorinterruptionofrecordingintheir


writtenreport .(V.12.a)
12.ReportingRequirement :
a.Atthecompletionoftheir hift,mem er hall:
...
2.Documentinthenon-pu licnarrative ectionofallrelatedreport ortheirnote ookan dela or
failuretoactivatetheir WCandan interruptionofa WCrecordingrequired thi order.

Addre e Per onalPrivac Concern


Ingeneral,MPDprohi it recordinginplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac
exi t ,and peci call prohi it recordingofindividual withextremeinjurie .(IV.M)
Mem er hallnot...
(8)Ingeneral,MPDprohi it recordinginplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t ,and

peci call prohi it recordingofindividual withextremeinjurie .(IV.M)


...
(11)Recordgratuitou oro ceneimage , ucha thee ect ofextremeviolenceorinjur ,unle
nece ar forevidentiar documentation....
...
(13)Recordinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha lockerroom orre troom ,
unle theactivationi requiredfortheperformanceofo cialdutie .

Forprivac rea on ,o cer areal oin tructedtotake pecialprecaution whenrecording


victim ofintrafamil incident ,andmedicalpatient .(V.A.8-9)
8.Intrafamil , exualA ault,and talkingIncident andO en e
Intrafamil Incident andO en e mem er whore pondtointrafamil incident ando en e a
outlinedinGO-OP -304.11(Intrafamil O en e ) hallcontinuetheir WCrecording utmakeever
e orttoprovidethevictimprivac uchthatthe donotrecordan di cu ion etweentheOn-Call
Advocac Program(OCAP)advocateandthevictim,regardle ofwhethertheconver ationi in-per onor
overthephone.Mem er hallpo itionthem elve in uchawa a toa ordthevictima muchprivac a
po i le.
9.MedicalFacilitie ,Am ulance ,andPatientPrivac
a.Mem er hallrecordam ulancetran port whenthe arepre entforlawenforcementpurpo e .
.Mem er areremindedthatthe hallonl activatetheircamera inho pital andothermedicalfacilitie
fortheevent li tedinPartV.A.4[requiredrecordingevent ]ofthi order,includingho pitalguarddetail .
c.Mem er hallnotrecordinthecommonarea ofmedicalfacilitie exceptwhenrecordingarequired
eventa required Part.V.A.4ofthi order.
d.Whenrecordinginho pital orothermedicalorp chiatricfacilitie ,mem er hall ecarefultoavoid,
whenpo i le,recordingper on otherthanthe u pect,complainant,andwitne e .
e.Whenmem er areinho pital ormedicalfacilitie pur uanttoPartV.A.4,the hallcontinuetorecord
andmakeever e orttoprovidepatient withprivac uchthatthe donotrecordpatient during
medicalorp chologicaltreatmentorevaluation aclinicianor imilarmedicalprofe ional.Mem er
hallpo itionthem elve in uchawa a toa ordthepatient a muchprivac a po i le.

O cer mu tnotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded, utimportantl ,MPDdoe not


allow u ject (inparticular,crimevictim orothervulnera leindividual )toa rmativel
optoutofrecordingunle the wi htoprovideananon mou tip.(IV. ;IV.M;V.A.8)
IV. .Whenpractica le,mem er hallinformcontact u ject thatthe are eingrecordedatthe eginningof
thecontact(e.g.Maam/ ir,Iamadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded.)
IV.M.Mem er hallnot
17. ndarecording a ed olel onacitizen reque tunle thecitizenwi he toprovideananon mou
tip.Inca e wherethecitizencontinue toreque tthatarecording eturnedo ,andthemem er
cannotre olvethei ue,themem er hallreque tthatano cialre pondtothe cenetoa i t.
Mem er ma u e WC torecordinitialinterview ofvictim ,complainant andwitne e .
V.A.8.Intrafamil , exualA ault,and talkingIncident andO en e
a.Intrafamil Incident andO en e mem er whore pondtointrafamil incident ando en e a
outlinedinGO-OP -304.11(Intrafamil O en e ) hallcontinuetheir WCrecording utmakeever
e orttoprovidethevictimprivac uchthatthe donotrecordan di cu ion etweentheOn-Call
Advocac Program(OCAP)advocateandthevictim,regardle ofwhethertheconver ationi in-per on
oroverthephone.Mem er hallpo itionthem elve in uchawa a toa ordthevictima much
privac a po i le.
. exualA aultIncident andO en e mem er whoinitiall re pondtoallegation of exuala ault
hallcontinuetheir WCrecording utareremindedthat,inaccordancewithGO-OP -304.06(Adult
exualA aultInve tigation ),the halla konl thenece ar que tion toena lethemtodetermine
thet peofcrime,andtoo taintherequiredinformationforalookout roadca t.Mem er hallnot
que tionthevictimindetaila outtheo en e.
c.Mem er arereminded,andma informthevictimorother pre entatthe cene,that WCrecording
takenin ideaper onalre idenceorrelatedtoanincidentinvolvingdome ticviolence, talking,or exual
a aultwill ewithheldfromrelea etothepu lic.

Onelauda lefeatureofMPD polic i thatrecordingnotice emadeavaila lein ix


language thi polic i uniqueamongmajordepartmentpolicie weve een.(IV.G)
G.InaccordancewithGO- PT-304.18(LanguageAcce Program ),mem er hallen urethatthe provide

languageacce ervice toalllimitedandnon- ngli hpro cient(L P/N P)per on inatimel ande ective
manner.Mem er hallprovideL P/N Pper on withaMPDand od WornCameraRecordingNotice...in
theappropriatelanguageatthe eginningofthe WCrecordingwhenpractica le.
NOT :MPDand od WornCameraRecordingNotice areavaila leinthefollowinglanguage :Amharic,
Chine e,French,Korean, pani h,andVietname e.

Finall ,MPDrequire periodicprivac audit ofrecordedfootage.(V.K)


a.TheMPDPrivac O cer hall
...
5.Conductperiodicaudit tocon rmthattheproperprotectionofindividual privac right have een
a ordedinaccordancewiththe od -WornCameraProgramAmendmentActof2015.

Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
O cer involvedinpolice hooting arenotpermittedtoreviewrecording relatedtothe
ca e.Inotherca e (includingu eofforce,in-cu tod death,or u jectofcriminal
inve tigation)o cer ma viewfootagepriorto u mittingareportor einginterviewed.
(V. .3.1)
a.Pur uanttothe od -WornCameraProgramAmendmentActof2015,mem er involvedinapolice hooting
hallnotreviewtheir WCrecording ,orothermem er recording ,relatedtotheca e.
.Inallotherca e ,mem er whoareinvolvedina eriou u eofforce,in-cu tod death,orarethe u jectofa
criminalinve tigationma viewtheir WCrecordingrelatedtotheincidentpriortocompletingand u mitting
an requiredreport and einginterviewed theappropriateinve tigativeunitprovidedthat:
(1)Themem eri inreceiptofadeclinationfromthepro ecutingauthorit orafteraRever eGarrit
Warningi i ued;and
(2)Therecordingi viewedattheIADoratalocationapproved anIADo cial.
c.Mem er whoarethe u jectofanadmini trativeinve tigationma viewtheir WCrecordingpriorto
completingand u mittingan requiredreport and einginterviewed theappropriateinve tigativeunit.

Limit RetentionofFootage
MPDprovide adetailedta leoffootageretentionperiod forvariou categorie ofevent .
Forin tance,event inthecategor Incident,NoArre t hall eretainedfor90da .
However,the eretentionperiod appearto eminimumduration ,andnorequirement
exi t forfootagedeletion.(V.G.H)
1. WCrecording hall eretainedandacce i leonthe WCdata a eforaperiodof90calendarda unle
the arecategorizeda follow :
...
16.Incident,NoArre t...90Da

Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e


MPDexpre l prohi it o cer fromtamperingwith WChardware, oftwareandrecorded
footage.(IV.M.1-5)
M.Mem er hallnot:
1.Remove,di mantle,ortamperwithan hardwareor oftwarecomponentorparta ociatedwith WC
application .
2.De tro ,di eminate,edit,alter,modif ,tamperwith,orotherwi eu e WCrecording withoutthe
writtenpermi ionoftheChiefofPolice.Mem er whotamperwith WCrecording ma e u jectto
criminalinve tigationand/orpro ecution.
3.Cop ordownloada WCrecordingwithoutwrittenapprovalofano cial. WCrecording hallonl e
haredforo ciallawenforcementpurpo e .
4.Deletean WCrecordingexcepta peci edinPartV.Cofthi order(i.e.,accidentalrecording ).
5.Record,view,downloadorconvertan WCrecordingforper onalu e....

TheMPD WCCoordinatormu tmaintainanauditlogonthehi tor ofever recording,


utit unclearwhatthi mean .Thi couldmeananauditlogthatdetail all le addedto,
anddeletedfrom,the toragedata a eoritcouldmeananauditlogofallacce to
toredfootage.UntilMPDclearl e ta li he thelatter,fullcreditforthi criterioni
withheld.(V.C.3)
3.Anauditlogonthehi tor ofever recordingwill emaintainedinthe toragedata a e.

Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint


MPDexpre l allow arecordedindividualtoreque ttoviewfootage.Thepolic al o,
commenda l ,clearl la outtheproce ofreque tingtoviewrelevantfootage,andi one
ofthefewpolicie wehave eenthatdoe o.(V.F)
F.Reque t for WCRecording

u ject

1.The u jectofa WCrecording,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe u ject parentorlegalguardianif


the u jecti aminor,ma reque tto cheduleatimetoviewthe WCrecordingatthepolicedi trict
wheretheincidentoccurred.
2.Mem er hall eawarethat u ject ma reque ttoview WCrecording onlineoratthedi trict
tation.
a. u ject ma u mitreque t forrecording onlineathttp://mpdc.dc.gov/page/ od -worn-cameracitizen-viewing-proce or u mittingaReque ttoReview od -WornCameraRecording( ee
AttachmentC).
.Mem er whoreceivereque t toview WCrecording u ject ortheirrepre entative atthe
di trict tation hallimmediatel notif theirdi trict WCUnitCoordinator,inwriting,andforward
reque t totheMPDFOIAO ceatmpd.foia@dc.gov.
3.Thea ignedMPDFOIA peciali t hallconductaprivac reviewofthevideoanddetermineiftheunredacted WCrecordingviolate theindividualprivac right ofan other u ject oftherecordingand
hallnotif the WCUnitCoordinatoriftherecordingoraportionoftherecordingi eligi leforviewing.
4.Uponnoti cationfromtheFOIAO cethatarecordingi eligi leforviewing,the WCUnitCoordinator
hallreviewtherecordingandcon rmthattheviewingoftherecordingwouldnotcompromi ethe afet
ofan other u ject.
5.The WCUnitCoordinator hallnotif the u jectwhethertherecordingi availa leforviewing.
a.Inca e wheretherecordingi availa le,the WCUnitCoordinator hall chedulea uita letimefor
the u ject,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe u ject parentorlegalguardiantoviewthe
recordingunderthefollowingcondition :
(1)The u ject,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe u ject parentorlegalguardianifthe
u jecti aminor hallprovideavalidgovernment-i uedphotographicidenti cation[e.g.,a
driver licen e,pa port,greencard(U. .PermanentRe identCard)ormilitar identi cation]..
.
(2)The u ject,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe u ject parentorlegalguardianmu t ign
thePDForm99- (Con enttoView od -WornCameraRecording)(AttachmentD)priorto
viewingtherecording.
(3)Theviewingmu toccurinthepre enceofthe WCUnitCoordinator.
(4)Undernocircum tance hallthe u ject,hi orherlegalrepre entative,orthe u ject
parentorlegalguardian:
(a) eallowedtou ean recordingdevicetomakeacop ofthe WCrecording.
( ) eprovidedacop oftherecording. u ject ,ortheirrepre entative ,ma contactthe
FOIAO cetoreque tcopie oftherecording.
...
3.Notwith tandingtheprovi ion ofthi order:
(1)Acomplainant reque ttoviewa WCrecordingpriortoinitiatingacomplainti voluntar .Whetherornot
thecomplainantchoo e toreque ttoviewtherecording hallinnowa econ idered MPDifthe
complainantchoo e toproceedwiththecomplaint....

Allotherpu licreque t forfootagearehandled

theDCFOIAO ce.(IV.G.2)

Reque t for WCrecording thepu lic hall ereferredtotheFreedomofInformationAct(FOIA)O ce,


O ceoftheGeneralCoun el.

Limit iometric earchingofFootage

MPDdoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)


to earchfootage.

APP

NDIX

CivilRight Principle on od WornCamera


Ma 2015

Mo ilecamera operated lawenforcementma pla avalua leroleinthepre entand


futureofpolicing.Whetherthe reworn ano cerormountedonpoliceequipment,
camera couldhelpprovidetran parenc intolawenforcementpractice , providing r thandevidenceofpu licinteraction .
utpolice-operatedcamera areno u titutefor roaderreform ofpolicingpractice .In
fact,camera could eu edtointen if di proportionate urveillanceandenforcementin
heavil policedcommunitie ofcolor.Withoutcarefull craftedpolic afeguard inplace,
therei arealri kthatthe enewdevice could ecomein trument ofinju tice,rather
thantool foraccounta ilit .
Tohelpen urethatpolice-operatedcamera areu edtoenhancecivilright ,department
mu t:
1.Developcamerapolicie inpu licwiththeinputofcivilright advocate and
thelocalcommunit .Currentpolicie mu talwa epu licl availa le,and
an polic change mu tal o emadeincon ultationwiththecommunit .
2.Committoa etofnarrowandwell-de nedpurpo e forwhichcamera and
theirfootagema eu ed.Inparticular,facialrecognitionandother iometric
technologie mu t ecarefull limited:ifthe areu edtogetherwith od
camera ,o cer willhavefargreatervi i ilit intoheavil policed
communitie wherecamera will ea undantthanintoothercommunitie
wherecamera will erare. uchtechnologie couldamplif exi ting
di paritie inlawenforcementpractice acro communitie .
3. pecif clearoperationalpolicie forrecording,retention,andacce ,and
enforce trictdi ciplinar protocol forpolic violation .While omet pe of
lawenforcementinteraction (e.g.,whenattendingtovictim ofdome tic
violence)ma happeno -camera,theva tmajorit ofinteraction withthe
pu licincludingallthatinvolvetheu eofforce hould ecapturedon
video.Department mu tal oadopt
tem tomonitorandauditacce to
recordedfootage,and ecurefootageagain tunauthorizedacce and
tampering.
4.Makefootageavaila letopromoteaccounta ilit withappropriateprivac
afeguard inplace.Ataminimum:(1)footagethatcapture policeu eof
force hould emadeavaila letothepu licandpre uponreque t,and(2)
uponreque t,footage hould emadeavaila leinatimel mannertoan
lmed u ject eekingto leacomplaint,tocriminaldefendant ,andtothe
next-of-kinofan onewho edeathi relatedtotheevent capturedonvideo.
Department mu tcon iderindividualprivac concern eforemaking
footageavaila leto roadaudience .
5.Pre ervetheindependentevidentiar valueofo cerreport prohi iting
o cer fromviewingfootage efore lingtheirreport .Footageofanevent
pre ent apartialand ometime mi leadingper pectiveofhowevent
unfolded.Pre-reportviewingcouldcau eano certoconformthereportto
whatthevideoappear to how,ratherthanwhattheo ceractuall aw.

igned

AmericanCivilLi ertie Union


A ianAmerican AdvancingJu tice|AAJC
A ianAmerican AdvancingJu tice|A ianLawCaucu
A ianAmerican AdvancingJu tice|Lo Angele
A ianAmerican AdvancingJu tice|Chicago
CenterforDemocrac andTechnolog
CenterforMediaJu tice
ColorOfChange.org
Data& ociet
DemandProgre
Demo
lectronicFrontierFoundation
FreePre
HipHopCaucu
TheLaw er CommitteeforCivilRight UnderLaw
TheLeader hipConferenceonCivilandHumanRight
Martinez treetWomen Center
Ma Fir t/PeopleLink
MediaAlliance
MediaLiterac Project
MediaMo ilizingProject
MillionHoodie MovementforJu tice
NAACP
NAACPLegalDefen eand ducationalFund,Inc.
NationalA ociationof ocialWorker
NationalCouncilofLaRaza
NationalHi panicMediaCoalition
NationalUr anLeague
NewAmerica OpenTechnolog In titute
Pu licKnowledge
outhwe tWorker 'Union
Ur ana-ChampaignIndependentMediaCenter
Voice forRacialJu tice
WorkingNarrative
Alvaro edo a, xecutiveDirector,CenteronPrivac andTechnolog atGeorgetown
Law*
*A liationforIdenti cationPurpo e Onl

Acknowledgement

Thi projecti led CorrineYuand akiraCookatTheLeader hipConferenceonCiviland


HumanRight ,andHarlanYuatUpturn.
Thecreationofthi corecardwouldhavenot eenpo i lewithoutthetirele workofour
colleague . pecialthank toAlexanderAntonio,Miranda ogen,Ga eColman,Claire
Felten,JuliaFranklin,Ja onGer on,LoganKoepke,I a ellaLeavitt,ArielMolk,Le lie
Paluch,CharlotteRe ing,AaronRieke,DavidRo in on, en mon ,andJe Unger.
Weareal ogratefultotheman organization thatprovidedvalua lefeed ackonthi
report,e peciall the ignatorie oftheCivilRight Principle on od WornCamera .
Thereport outreachandrolloutwa coordinated cott imp onandLui aGuaracao
fromTheLeader hipConferenceonCivilandHumanRight .
Thi reportwa madepo
ociet Foundation .

i lethroughthe upportoftheFordFoundationandtheOpen

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