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Note: Missing finding numbers detected:
F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F17, F18, F19, F20
Findings and Recommendations
7 findings
"The use of BWCs responds to public demands for greater law enforcement transparency." Response F1: The respondent agrees with the finding.
No recommendations for this finding
"BWCs, when recording lawful police conduct, provide positive risk management benefits." Response F2: The respondent disagrees partially with the finding. The recording of work related police conduct, whether lawful or not, provides positive risk management benefits.
No recommendations for this finding
"BWC recordings can serve as a valuable officer training resource." Response F3: The respondent agrees with the finding.
No recommendations for this finding
"Law enforcement best practices now include law enforcement's use of BWCs when funds have been made available for their purchase and that of required data storage capacity." Response F4: The respondent disagrees partially with the finding. The finding should also include law enforcement's ability to appropriately respond to and comply with Public Record Requests related to the recordings of BWCs.
No recommendations for this finding
"At a minimum in California, written department policies must comply with the requirements of Penal Code Section 832.18 (Appendix 3)." Response F5: The respondent agrees with the finding.
No recommendations for this finding
"In the absence of other sources of funding, each City Council must make sufficient funds available to its police department before the department can purchase BWCs for its officers and a secure storage system for resulting BWC recordings." Response F6: The respondent disagrees partially with the finding. The finding should also include sufficient funds to appropriately respond to and comply with Public Record Requests related to the recordings of BWCs.
No recommendations for this finding
"The Marina Police Department does not provide BWCs for its officers' use, but the department favors their use and plans to acquire them." Response F30: The respondent disagrees partially with the finding. The finding does not identify why the Department does not provide BWCs. The City of Marina strongly supports the proper implementation of a BWC program. In the recent past, the City of Marina did not provide BWCs for its officer's use due to a lack of necessary funding necessary to: purchase and properly implement a BWC system.
Related Recommendations (1)
"As part of the Marina Police Department's next annual budget request (or before) the Department shall apply to the Marina City Council for funds sufficient to purchase body-worn cameras of the Department's choosing for each officer, and for a secure data storage system with adequate capacity to store the date recorded by those cameras." Response R21: The recommendation will be implemented. The City Manager will incorporate funding of a proper BWC program into the next annual budget process.
