Policy Text
, Lauderhill Police Department
Constance Stanley
TITLE: BODY WORN CAMERA POLICY: 01,400
11/07/2020
REVISED:
08/01/2019
EFFECTIVE:
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PURPOSE:
Body
who are equipped with
department personnel,
this policy is to provide
The purpose of
of audio-
storage, and retrieval
the use, management,
(BWC), guidelines for
Worn Cameras
worn cameras may
systems. The use of body
body worn camera
media recorded by
visual
evidence for criminal
the law, obtain
effectively enforce
the ability of users to
increase
document
misconduct,
from false allegations of
department personnel
prosecutions, protect
by
and improve conduct
departmental transparency
public, and increase
interactions with the
all parties during police/public interactions.
perceptions,
reasonable beliefs and
for department members’
systems are not a substitute
BWC
incidents, such as visual
during critical
physiological responses
cannot account for the
and
the sole
should not be viewed as
recording systems
auditory exclusion. BWC
tunneling and
systems and their
circumstances, because such
totality of the
of truth or as the
measure
camera’s physical
audio evidence from the
capture video and
inherent limitations only
overall perspective.
from the user’s
scene and not necessarily
position on the
POLICY:
law
BWC to document
Department to utilize
the Lauderhill Police
It is the policy of
conditions and
evidence of the actions,
public by capturing
interactions with the
enforcement
internal review,
be used for judicial,
BWC recordings could
of all involved parties.
statements
and record footage
legal right to capture
request. Officers have a
the public through
or by
interactions.
during all official
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Policy: 01.400
Reviewed: 11/02/20
designee as deemed
of Police or his/her
be granted by the Chief
Exceptions to this policy may
BWC
when the use of a
to work undercover, or
Department members assigned
appropriate.
who
Department members
assigned are exempted.
impractical for the task
would be deemed
of BWC
agencies prohibiting the use
assignments with
work in Task Force
are assigned to
systems are exempted.
City of Lauderhill for
held harmless by the
be indemnified and
department members will
All
of their employment
the course and scope
use of the BWC, within
claims resulting from their
Section 2-20, Code of
malicious, as provided in
intentional, bad faith or
unless such act was
786.28.
Florida State Statutes
City of Lauderhill and
Ordinances of the