Policy Text
1Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
Surveillance Use Policy for Tactical Ball Cameras
Purpose
The Sheriff s Office deploys Remington Technology EBRI Ball Cameras ("Tactical Ball
Cameras"), during tactical operations to locate, identify, and potentially mitigate risks to
responding personnel and civilians. Tactical Ball Cameras may be deployed to help law
enforcement view potentially dangerous environments before entering them. Tactical Ball
Cameras provide a real-time stream of images in a spherical panorama, which may include
identifiable information about individuals or groups in the vicinity of the camera. A search
warrant is not required to use Tactical Ball Cameras.
Authorized and Prohibited Uses
The use of Tactical Ball Cameras shall be subject to the discretion of the Incident
Commander or the Sheriff s Emergency Response Team (SERT) tactical commander.
Authorized uses for Tactical Ball Cameras shall include only the following law
enforcement and first responder purposes:
o Assisting with dynamic entrylhigh-risk entry operations;o Assessing and clearing low visibility areas during atactical operation;o Assisting with hostage rescue operations;
o Assisting with search-and-rescue operations;
o Assisting with other law-enforcement and first-responder uses not prohibited by law
Tactical Ball Cameras shall not be used for personal or non-law-enforcement purposes.
3.Data Collection
Tactical Ball Cameras capture real-time video images. Tactical Ball Cameras shall not
record or store such video images.
4. Data Access
Access to real-time video images shall be limited to officers involved in the particular
tactical operation, mernbers of the Sheriff s Office Emergency Response Team, and
Sheriff s Office Executive Command Staff members.
5.Data Protection
The footage is real-time only and shall be secured via encryption when traveling from the
device to the reader. No data shall be stored.
6. Data Retention
Tactical Ball Cameras shall not record or store data.2
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97. Public Access
The public shall not have access to the real-time video stream provided by Tactical Ball
Cameras.
8. Third-Party Data-Sharing
For joint law enforcement operations, involved personnel from other law enforcement
agencies may be provided access to view live sheaming images from the Tactical Ball
Cameras. Other third parties shall not be provided access to the Tactical Ball Cameras
video streams.
Training
Training for the operation of the Tactical Ball Cameras shall be provided by Sheriff s
Office personnel.
10. Oversight
The SERT Commander or Tactical Vehicle Commander shall oversee the operation of the
Tactical Ball Cameras, as well as compliance with this Surveillance Use Policy. An audit
log shall be kept for use of the Tactical Ball Cameras to ensure compliance with this policy.
Sheriff s administration shall review the audit log as it deems necessary, and at least
annually.
Approved as to Form and Legality
B
Rob Coelho
Office of the County Counsel
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
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