Policy Text
MAITLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE
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TITLE: BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEMS
NUMBER: 510
EFFECTIVE: August 13, 2018
REFERENCE:
RESCINDS:
AMENDS:
ATTACHMENTS:
DATE FOR REVIEW: PERIODIC ALLY
REVIEW BY: STAFF
DATE LAST REVIEW: May 2024
DATE REVISED: January 2022
GLOSSARY…………………………………………….…1
PURPOSE ................................ ................................ .... 2
POLICY ................................ ................................ ......... 2
PROCEDURES ................................ ............................ 2
SYSTEM CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT ................. 4
TRAINING ................................ ................................ ..... 4
COURT AND EVIDENTIARY RECORDINGS .............. 5
REQUEST FOR COPIES AND DATA RETENTION .... 5
SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES ............................ 6
MAINTENANCE, REPAIR , AND
REPLACEMENT OF BWC SYSTEMS ......................... 6
BWC COORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITIES ............... 6
APPENDIX A (Camera Mounting Instructions)..…… ...7
GLOSSARY
AXON Body: AXON Body™ is an on -officer, body -worn camera. AXON body provides a 130 -degree wide -angle
lens and multiple on -body mounting options.
Buffering: The period preceding the officer’s manual activation of the BWC
BWC: The abbreviation for any Police Body -Worn Camera System
Evidence Sync or Evidence.com™: AXON’s internet based software utilized for this agency’s video evidence
uploading and video evidence storag e that is generated by the AXON Body™ hardware.
Recordings: The digital recordings taken as a result of BWC system activation.
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines and procedures for the use of Body Worn Camera (BWC)
systems by members of the Maitland Police Department.
POLICY
510.1a The Maitland Police Department is committed to protecting the constitutional rights of all people. The
agency recognizes the benefit of employing equipment and technology that will assist us in our ethical, legal, and
moral obligation to identify, collect, and preserve evidence. The Department employs the use of BWC systems to
assist in obtaining that goal while increasing transparency and accountability to the community.
PROCEDURES
510.2a Body worn camera (BWC) systems may be issued to sworn law enforcement officers. Every officer issued a
BWC will be responsible for the care, custody, and control of all issued equipment. The BWC will be operated in
accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations and this policy.
510.2b Officers are required to ensure that their BWC is working properly and fully charged at the beginning of
every shift.
• Officers will i mmediately notify a supervisor if a malfunction is discovered.
• Supervisors will issue a functional camera.
• Officers engage d in law enforcement activity related to overtime details are required to wear and utilize
their BWC.
510.2c Officers will make every effort to upload recordings by the end of their shift. If uploading the recordings by
the end of shift is not possible, footage should be uploaded no later than the last day of the officer’s tour of duty or
prior to approved leave.
• Officer who are submitting video footage to Evidence.com must properly assign ALL VIDEOS a category
tag. Each category tag represents the proper retention schedule.
• Any recordings associated with a criminal report number or Marchman/Baker Act case number will be
labeled under the “ID category ” in Evidence.com™
• The recordings will be labeled in the following manner:
o ID: (e.g., 202242XXXX XX, 2022TCXXXXXX, 20 22ITXXXXXX )
o Supervisors will ensure compliance with uploading procedures.
• Officers should inform their supervisor of any recordings that may be of value for training purposes.
510.2d Officers issued an Axon Body camera will wear the camera on their Class A, B, or C uniform shirt w ith an
Axon Body mounting mechanism that shall affix the camera center of the member’s chest for an optimal field of
view. Please see Appendix A for visual representation.
510.2e Officers are not required to wear their assigned BWC when attending training, court, funerals, award
ceremonies or any other event that is approved by their supervisor.
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510.2f Uniformed officers shall use the BWC system to record the following incident types regardless of being
the primary or secondary unit. (In all situations, tactical and officer safety considerations are always paramount
before activating the BWC system.)
• Responding t o calls for service in an emergency “Code 3 ” status
• All traffic/foot pursuits
• All traffic stops
• Suspicious persons/vehicle
• All request s for searches, when practical
• K-9 deployments
• All arrests, Criminal Citations, and NTAs. The BWC should be left on until the arrestee is safely secured
inside the patrol vehicle and the situation is calmed, or upon the completion of an NTA. Officers have the
discretion to keep the camera on at all times
• Any incident upon the direction