15-20 Body Worn Camera Flashcards
The Supreme Court of Canada decision of Regina v. Duarte (SCC 1990), emphasises that interactions between the police
and public are not to be secretly recorded without judicial authorization. Covert recording by a uniform police officer using
the BWC is prohibited by law.
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Members must be cognizant of the value that the BWC presents and the importance of why they must be used in the
performance of their assigned duties.
Any police officer found not in compliance with this Procedure, and/or associated Service Governance, will receive a
minimum penalty of
eight (8) hours. This penalty increases to a minimum of sixteen (16) hours for a supervisor. These
penalty provisions have been included in Service Procedure - Chapter 13 Appendix A, entitled “Unit Level Criteria/Conduct
Penalties”. The concept of progressive discipline will apply for subsequent breaches of associated Service Governance
The Body-Worn Camera and the Cloud Storage Solution are both Information Technology Assets and therefore subject to
the Toronto Police Service Information Security Policy and IT Governance that establish organization - wide controls to
ensure secure storage, transfer, and disposal of all recordings created by the BWC system, including records containing
audio, video files and meta-data. These controls govern any wrongful access, attempts to defeat security measures, and
inappropriate or personal use of this infrastructure, and shall be implemented by the Information Security Officer.
The retention period of records is managed according to the City of Toronto By-Law No. 689-2000. All BWC records shall
be retained for a minimum of t
two (2) years plus one (1) day (which ensures the records are retained for the duration of the
general limitation period established by the Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c.24, Sched.. B) and then securely destroyed,
absent a circumstance that triggers a longer retention period.
All actions (e.g., recording, indexing, accessing, viewing, copying, redacting and deleting) in the BWC system are logged
and auditable by Information Security. Audit logs are retained indefinitely.
