Monterey County Grand Jury • 2015-2016 • Agency Response

The Slowly Expanding Use of Body-Worn Video Cameras (herein*

Published: November 10, 2016 3 pages
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F7, F8, F9, F10, F11

Findings and Recommendations 7 findings

F1
The use of BWCs responds to public demands for greater law enforcement transparency. RESPONSE #1: The City agrees that the use of BWCs responds to public demand for greater law enforcement transparency.
No recommendations for this finding
F2
BWCs, when recording lawful police conduct, provide positive risk management benefits. RESPONSE: #2 The City agrees, the recording of lawful police conduct provides positive risk management benefits.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
BWC recordings can serve as a valuable officer training source. RESPONSE: #3 The City agrees that the BWC recordings can serve as a valuable officer training resource.
No recommendations for this finding
F4
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: #4 The City agrees that law enforcement best practices now include the use of BWCs when funds have been made available for purchase with the required data storage capacity.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
At a minimum in California, written department policies must comply with the requirements of Penal Code Section 832.18. RESPONSE: #5 The City agrees that their law enforcement department policies must at a minimum comply with the requirements of Penal Code Section 832.18.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
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: #6 The City is expecting a private donor to pay for the BWCs and the required secure storage system for BWC recordings. In the event the private funding does not come through, the City agrees that it must make sufficient funds available to its police department so they can purchase BWCs with a secure storage system for resulting recordings.
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
The Del Rey Oaks Police Department shall provide body-worn cameras for each of its officers promptly after they receive the cameras they have ordered. RESPONSE #6: The BWCs have not been purchased as the City is waiting on private funding to purchase the cameras. The City anticipates receiving the funding after the first of the year and will purchase the cameras as soon as they get the money.
F12
The Del Rey Oaks Police Department is in the process of ordering BWCs for its officer's use. RESPONSE: #12 The City of Del Rey Oaks' Police Department has met with a vendor, prepared the requisite paperwork for purchase and is now waiting for funding from a private donor to purchase the BWCs and a secure storage system for the resulting recordings. Funding for the BWCs is expected to occur after the first of the year. RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATIONS
No recommendations for this finding

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