Body Worn Cameras (BWC)

Question 1

Employees ____ activate their BWCs for the duration of the following enforcement activities

Answer 1

Shall
Enforcement contacts
Vehicle searches and inventories
Assisting disabled motorists
Confrontational interactions with the public
Pat down frisks or searches

Question 2

Employees ____ activate their BWC in the following situations:

Answer 2

May
Pre enforcement stop observations
Contacts or other events where the recording could be used as evidence to limit liability or resolve potential civilian complaints
To capture disaster or emergency occurrences
When conducting crash investigations

Question 3

Employees are restricted from activating their BWC as follows:

Answer 3

Shall not record conversations or interactions with other employees while not in enforcement capacity

Should not be made in residence, restroom, or any other setting with reasonable expectation of privacy

Shall not be made in a medical facility unless response to emergency or crime in progress or exigent circumstances

Question 4

Employees ______ activate as soon as practicable upon encountering events which require recording

Answer 4

Shall

Question 5

Employees ____ ensure each video event is tagged with appropriate event type

Answer 5

Shall

Question 6

Employees ___ discontinue recording while transporting the subject to a booking or detention facility. Recording ____ be resumed if arrestee becomes uncooperative or combative

Answer 6

May, should

Question 7

Employees ______ to cease or initiate recording an event, situation, or circumstance solely at the demand of a civilian, involved party, or suspect.

Answer 7

Are not required

Question 8

All evidence ____ be downloaded from BWCs through the supplied docking station _____

Answer 8

Shall, at conclusion of shift

Question 9

All BWC recorded evidence ___ be retained for a period of ____

Answer 9

Shall, not less than one year

Question 10

Recordings with no evidentiary value may be purged _____

Answer 10

After 60 days

Question 11

When a BWC is activated accidentally in a situation in which it should not have been activated, an employee ____ prepare a memorandum documenting the circumstances and request the recording be deleted

Answer 11

Shall

Question 12

The following events ___ be reviewed by supervisors, managers, or other authorized personnel:

Answer 12

Shall

Any incident where a member is severely injured or killed

Any incident involving use of force

In custody death

Dept vehicle crash

Pursuit

Intentional or accidental discharge of a firearm or ECD at a person

Question 13

Following events ____ be reviewed by supervisors, managers, or other authorized personnel:

Answer 13

Should

Any event requiring completion of CHP 268

Any event requiring approved release of a recording outside the department

Proving or disproving allegations of misconduct

Diagnosing or identifying BWC malfunctions