Policy 450 - Use of Digital Audio Recorders (DAR) - City of Anaheim
Policy 450 - Use of Digital Audio Recorders (DAR) - City of Anaheim
Policy 450 - Use of Digital Audio Recorders (DAR) - City of Anaheim
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<strong>Use</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Audio</strong> <strong>Recorders</strong> (<strong>DAR</strong>)<br />
<strong>Anaheim</strong> Police Department<br />
<strong>Policy</strong> Manual<br />
<strong>450</strong>.5 RETENTION OF RECORDING MEDIA<br />
Whenever a Department employee records any portion <strong>of</strong> a contact which could constitute<br />
evidence in a criminal case, the employee will mark the recording as evidence in the Puma<br />
System. The <strong>of</strong>ficer will also enter the related case number (GO#) along with the employee's<br />
current detail/assignment, and download the digital recording into the digital database.<br />
For those contacts which do not constitute evidence in a criminal matter, but the employee<br />
wishes to identify a particular contact, he or she should use the "Notes" section in Puma<br />
and include the date and time <strong>of</strong> the contact in question.<br />
Recorded media placed into Evidence shall be retained through the final disposition <strong>of</strong> the<br />
related criminal case. All files other than those designated as Evidence will be purged after<br />
two (2) years. Regardless <strong>of</strong> the date <strong>of</strong> the disposition <strong>of</strong> the criminal case, no file(s) will be<br />
purged sooner than two (2) years from the date <strong>of</strong> the recording. The Records Administrator<br />
will oversee the retention <strong>of</strong> all <strong>DAR</strong> recordings and ensure there is no pending litigation<br />
prior to the purging <strong>of</strong> recordings.<br />
<strong>450</strong>.6 REVIEW OF RECORDED MEDIA FILES<br />
Recorded files may be reviewed in any <strong>of</strong> the following situations and by the following<br />
personnel:<br />
(a) Except as prohibited under <strong>450</strong>.6(i) below:<br />
1. By the employee(s) who originally recorded the incident.<br />
2. If multiple <strong>of</strong>ficers or employees are involved in an incident, the recording(s) <strong>of</strong><br />
that incident can be made available to those <strong>of</strong>ficers / employees;<br />
(b) By a supervisor investigating specific conduct <strong>of</strong> a department employee;<br />
(c) By a supervisor / manager for audit/inspection purposes;<br />
(d) By members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong> Attorney's <strong>of</strong>fice in connection with pending litigation;<br />
(e) Upon approval by a supervisor / manager, by a Department employee who is<br />
conducting an <strong>of</strong>ficial investigation such as a personnel, administrative or criminal<br />
investigation;<br />
(f) Pursuant to lawful process or by court personnel otherwise authorized to review<br />
evidence in a related case;<br />
(g) The Chief <strong>of</strong> Police or his / her authorized designee may make a recording available<br />
to the media;<br />
(h) Third party investigations: In the event a third party law enforcement agency (e.g.<br />
Orange County District Attorney's Office) is conducting a criminal investigation related<br />
to an incident involving a Department employee, recordings may be made available<br />
to that agency.<br />
(i) The Chief <strong>of</strong> Police or his / her designee may prohibit the review <strong>of</strong> any recordings by<br />
Department employees.<br />
<strong>450</strong>.7 <strong>DAR</strong> RECORDINGS STORAGE & INTEGRITY<br />
(a) Only authorized users may transfer or copy recordings onto any third party media<br />
storage device. Examples <strong>of</strong> a third party media storage device include but are<br />
not limited to: Compact Disc; floppy disk; portable hard drives; memory sticks;<br />
thumb-drives; DVD, or other electronic media device.<br />
(b) No files shall be transferred or sent via email.<br />
Adopted: 2013/05/13 © 1995-2013 Lexipol, LLC<br />
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