HomeMy WebLinkAbout04 16 2018 Body Camera PresentationHISTORY
•RESEARCH BEGAN IN 2015
•PROPOSAL IN 2016 FOR A 2017 IMPLEMENTATION
•DELAYED TO LATE 2017 FOR BUDGET ACCOMMODATION
•INITIAL COSTS OF ~$75K PAID FOR OUT OF FORFEITURE FUNDS
•ANNUAL ONGOING COSTS OF ~$35K FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND
•POLICY DRAFTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTE, LMC MODEL POLICY, AND BEST PRACTICES
IMPLEMENTATION
•DEPARTMENT WIDE TRAINING IN NOVEMBER
•PHASED IN USE OF BWC’S IN DECEMBER
•JANUARY FULL USE.
•SQUAD CAMERAS INSTALL AND TRAINING STARTED IN LATE FEBRUARY
•SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICER SET UP WITH AN E-ACCOUNT FOR DIRECT VIDEO TRANSFER
CURRENT USE
•CURRENTLY HAVE 26 BODY CAMERAS IN USE (ALL SWORN OFFICERS)
•CURRENTLY HAVE 8 SQUAD CAMERAS IN USE (3 MORE WITH SQUAD CHANGEOVERS THIS SPRING)
•WE HAVE 2.55 TB OF DATA STORED
•WE HAVE UP[LOADED 773 GB OF DATA IN THE PAST 30 DAYS.
TRAINING
TRAFFIC STOP BODY WORN CAMERA
BACK SEAT SQUAD VIDEO
SQUAD MOUNTED CAMERA VIDEO
CONCLUSION
•THE PROGRAM IS STILL DEVELOPING AND WE ARE LEARNING, AS WITH MOST NEW PROGRAMS
•THE OFFICERS ARE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
•THE COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS BEEN POSITIVE ABOUT THE EVIDENCE GATHERED
•THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM FROM THE COMMUNITY
•THUS FAR, THE CAMERAS HAVE MET OUR EXPECTATIONS
GENERAL CAMERA ACTIVATION GUIDE
•A. OFFICERS SHALL ACTIVATE THEIR A PURSUIT, TERRY STOP OF A MOTO RIST OR PEDESTRIAN, SEARCH, SEIZURE, ARREST,
USE OF FORCE, ADVERSARIAL CONTACT, TRAFFIC STOPS, AND DURING OTHER ACTIVITIES LIKELY TO YIELD INFORMATION
HAVING EVIDENTIARY VALUE.
•HOWEVER, OFFICERS NEED NOT ACTIVATE THEIR CAMERAS WHEN IT WOULD BE UNSAFE, IMPOSSIBLE, OR IMPRACTICAL TO DO SO, BUT SUCH INSTANCES OF NOT RECORDING
WHEN OTHERWISE REQUIRED MUST BE DOCUMENTED AS SPECIFIED IN THE U SE AND DOCUMENTATION GUIDELINES, PART (D)(2) (ABOVE). IF AN OFFICER DOES NOT HAVE THEIR
BWC ACTIVATED WHEN THEY ARE INVOLVED IN ONE OF THESE ACTIVITIES THEY SHALL ACTIVATE IT AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
•B. OFFICERS SHALL ACTIVATE THEIR BWCS AS SOON AS THEY BEGIN THEIR RESPONSE TO ANY IN-PROGRESS CRIMES.
•GENERALLY NOT ON REPORT AFTER THE FACT TYPE CALLS
•C. OFFICERS HAVE DISCRETION TO RECORD OR NOT RECORD GENERAL CITIZEN CONTACTS (GENERAL CONTACT OF A NON-
ENFORCEMENT NATURE).