BWC Flashcards

1
Q

BWC Users will wear the BWC on what shoulder?

A

The non-weapon bearing shoulder for a long guns

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2
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Officers will activate the BWC as soon as what?

A
  1. Call is initiated via radio or MDT

2. Is early as possible at the beginning of any self initiated police action when it is safe and practical to do so

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3
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Officer should inform individuals that they are being recorded when?

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At the beginning of the contact or whenever it is possible, safe, and practical to do so.

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4
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Officers will record all contacts with citizens in the following occurrences (Times when officers will activate their BWC)

A
  1. All dispatched calls for service involving contact with citizens or potential contact with suspects.
  2. Officer initiated activities.
  3. WItness, victim, and suspect interviews including miranda warning and post miranda contact.
  4. As soon as possible after a traffic accident.
  5. Search of persons, structures, or vehicles.
  6. Any involvement in a pursuit to include bubbling or paralleling.
  7. Driving code 3.
  8. Any contact that becomes adversarial.
  9. Transport of prisoners.
  10. Any citizen contact or official duty circumstance at the officers discretion such as field testing narcotics etc.
  11. To capture video or audio evidence from a third party that officers believe that may be deleted or lost as evidence. Consent must be granted.
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5
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Officers will document the existence of BWC recording in or what

A
  1. FI’s
  2. Investigative reports
  3. Citations
  4. Arrest documents
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6
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Officers will select body camera video from the choices in what section of the P1 report?

A

Connecting report section and also write “body camera recording available” on the first line of all reports and citation narratives

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7
Q

Should officers put BWC available in CAD?

A

Yes

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8
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Supervisor should conduct routine uniform inspections to ensure their officers wear there BWC how?

A
  1. In a manner to capture the optimum view of their surroundings
  2. That it is not obstructed by the uniform
  3. Is being worn on the non-weapon bearing shoulder
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9
Q

Who should retrieve an officers BWC and upload it by the end of shift if that Officer is unable to do so?

A

The supervisor

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10
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As it relates to BWC, while investigating the application of reportable force, a supervisor should access the video

A

On scene and in the presence of involved officers

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11
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When handling a complaint, the supervisor should review the BWC before or after interviewing the complainant?

A

Interview the complainant first, before reviewing the BWC

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12
Q

Should the supervisor review the BWC prior to interviewing and involved officer in a use of force?

A

Yes review the BWC first before interviewing the involved officer in a use of force

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13
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Officers will continue to record for short period of time after the event to demonstrate clearly to a subsequent viewer that

A

The incident has concluded in the officer has resumed other duties

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14
Q

Officers will not activate their camera inside of what

A

Any detention facility

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15
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Officers have the discretion to deactivate the BWC under the following circumstances:

A
  1. A citizen with standing has requested the officer stop recording within the citizen’s premises, and the officer has entered the premises on consent.
  2. The officer is participating in informal, non-enforcement-related contact with the public when no event number is generated (e.g., First Tuesday, Coffee with a Cop, etc.).
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16
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Who is required to wear a BWC?

A
  1. All regularly uniform sergeants and officers assigned to the law enforcement operations group.
  2. Swat
  3. K-9
  4. WC’s
  5. Headquarters security detail
  6. Gang Enforcement team (GET)
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17
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The BWC shall not be used to record what?

A
  1. Conversations with other employees without their knowledge
  2. Personal activity
  3. Places with a reasonable expectation of privacy such as a locker room or restroom
  4. Major crime investigative briefings
  5. Encounters with undercover officers or CIs
  6. Administrative meetings, counseling, discipline, etc.
  7. Training events
  8. Large scale events such as New Year’s Eve or EDC
18
Q

BWC will not be recording in or around the what?

A

Incident command post, operational or tactical planning and assembly areas, or any location where recordings could document operation or tactical planning procedures

19
Q

BWC will be utilized at the scene of major crowd control vents, mass demonstrations, or riots at the direction of who?

A

The incident commander

20
Q

Following a OIS or deadly force incident, involved personnel and or any supervisor will or will not view the body worn camera footage?

A

Will not view the BWC until FIT & CIRT Have viewed the BWC

21
Q

Officers involved will be allowed to view their own BWC recording prior to what?

A

Doing a scene walk-through and subsequent statement

22
Q

Witness officers will be allowed to view their own BWC recording prior to doing what?

A

A scene walk-through or statement

23
Q

Who is responsible for identifying and documenting the location of all BWC officers at the scene of an OIS?

A

The incident commander

24
Q

Who is responsible to order that all BWC where’s deactivate their camera when the scene is static in the formal investigative process has begun on an OIS?

A

The incident commander

25
Q

Should a BWC be used to record a Public Safety statement?

A

No. Never.

26
Q

At the conclusion of a special event overtime, officers will return and upload their BWC to the bureau of assignment on

A

The next regular scheduled workday

27
Q

If while working special events overtime the officers involved in an incident that requires reporting to their immediate supervisor such as a reportable use of force pursued, citizen complaint, etc.

A

The BWC will be returned and uploaded at the end of that specific shift. Events planning will ensure the officer is paid through the time that is required to dock the camera.

28
Q

Officer is working in jail overtime will do what with their BWC?

A

Secure it with their firearm and a gun locker while in jail

29
Q

Officer is babysitting a prisoner at a medical facility will create an event with Dispatch and create a short video identifying their role in guarding or transporting a prisoner. After that they may deactivate their camera unless what?

A

An issue arises with the prisoner or other adverse citizen interaction

30
Q

BWC recorded data shall not be routinely or randomly viewed for the sole purpose of what?

A

Enforcing policy violations

31
Q

Officers may view their own BWC recordings to:

A
  1. Assist in completing an investigation and preparing official reports
  2. Prior to court to refresh recollection
  3. Provide a statement pursuant to an internal investigation
32
Q

Can officers allows citizens to review BWC recordings in the field?

A

No.

33
Q

Supervisors will only access BWC video of officers and circumstances of

A

An official policy required investigation or allegations of misconduct

34
Q

In each case the supervisor, or person accessing the video, will document in the notes section of the specific video review,

A

The reason for inspection and the person requesting to complete the review

35
Q

Supervisors will not randomly search for audit an officer’s videos outside of these restrictions and without advance authorization of their

A

LT or bureau commander

36
Q

Swat officers and other specialized units have a maximum of how many hours to return and upload their BWC?

A

96 hours

37
Q

CAD auto labeling retention periods are

A

Arrests- 10 years

Cites- 5 years

all other dispositions - 1 year.

38
Q

Short term Hold on BWC is how many years

A

4

39
Q

Mid term hold on BWC is how many years?

A

7

40
Q

Long-term hold on BWC is how many years?

A

20.

41
Q

What was created as a tool to ensure officers are complying with the intent and provisions of the policy for BWC?

A

The BWC Activation Performance Rate (APR) Summary report

42
Q

What are the two measurements of the BWC APR Summary report?

A
  1. Activation Performance Rate (APR)

2. Percentage of assigned time recorded