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6.D. - Page 84 of 179 procedures reflect desired levels of cost effective application and efficient system operation. The detailed policies and procedures presume the premise that the most appropriate BWC system for the RCPD was in place. The written directives take full advantage of BWC systems that incorporate CAD and RMS integration, use the highest levels of existing camera and audio capture technology as well as future advancements in technology, and automatic camera activation capabilities. 1.3 Policy and Procedure Approval: The implementation of a BWC system will have a direct impact on a change in working conditions that Labor (POA and PSA) will need to feel comfortable with for the program to be successful from day one. Early in the development of the internal BWC committee, labor has taken part in the discussions or kept informed about the potentiality for implementing a BWC system and the governing policies for its use. Input from the District Attorney and approval on how they will receive BWC evidence for court prosecutions has also been vetted for their initial approval with more detailed discussions to follow. 1.4 Equipment Evaluation (RFI): Obviously one of the most critical aspects of a BWC implementation program is the selection of the camera equipment and video/audio capture management software. Equipment selection balanced with immediate and long-term cost considerations and operational functionality under the philosophy of best value purchasing can form a certain degree of predictable success of the program. Inversely, the purchase of the wrong equipment has the potential to derail the effective and efficient long-term integration of any BWC system. Typical to the outreach done when collecting BWC policies and procedures from other departments that helped inform the current governing RCPD policies and procedures, so was the case in a review of deployed BWC systems. As you would expect in any technology purchase consideration, there is an array of products available to meet the varied needs of end-user requirements. One of the most glaring inefficiencies experienced by agencies early to deploy BWC systems was the labor involved in labeling captured video evidence and video review periods to document the contents in a written report accurately. A local bay area county agency who was early to deploy a BWC solution experienced end -of -shift overtime related to tagging and viewing the videos at the station on an average of 1-112 hours per officer. The immediate solution and one copied by other agencies we reviewed were to issue computerized phones to all officers and pair the two devices together. The, now mandatory, phone solution allows officers to correctly 'tag' the video at the end of each recording event and complete reports incrementally throughout the shift, instead of waiting until the end of shift to review the video on the station computer. It will be with this understanding and other considerations that we will approach the selection of the appropriate BWC system. 1.5 Data Storage Method Selection: There are two types of data storage solutions available when selecting a viable BWC solution. One is internal storage managed and maintained by City IT staff and budgets, and the other is external or cloud -based storage purchased annually on the Department's budget as part of an integrated BWC and data management system. Either solution has its Inherent unique costs and limitations to be considered. Integral to choosing between the two will be the ease of use by the officer and additional end users of the system who share in using BWC evidence, i.e., judicial courts, case investigating 123