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6.D. - Page 25 of 179 Atherton Police Department Policy Manual Portable AudiolVide4 Recorders residence. Therefore, officers are not required to give notice they are recording, However, if asked, officers should advise citizens they are being recorded. (b) Officers are not required to initiate or cease recording an event, situation or circumstance solely at the demand of a citizen. (c) Officers and supervisors involved in the investigation of a complaint against a member of the police department must inform complainants and witnesses they are being recorded. 450.4.9 SURREPTITIOUS USE OF THE BWC (a) Members of the Department may surreptitiously record any conversation during the course of a criminal investigation in which the officer reasonably believes that such a recording will be beneficial to the investigation (Penal Code § 633). (b) Members shall not surreptitiously record another department member without a court order or unless lawfully authorized by the Chief of Police or the authorized designee. 450.5 WHEN AND WHERE TO RECORD 450.5.1 ENFORCEMENT RELATED CONTACTS (a) Officers should record enforcement related contacts. The camera should be activated prior to actual contact with the citizen, or as soon as safely possible thereafter, and continue recording until the contact is concluded. (b) Enforcement related contacts include the following: Traffic stops, field interviews, detentions, arrests, persons present at radio calls who are accused of crimes, and consensual encounters in which the officer is attempting to develop reasonable suspicion on the subject of the encounter. (c) Covering another city employee or law enforcement officer during an enforcement contact. (d) Officers working plain clothes assignments are exempt from this policy. 450.5.2 ARRESTS (a) Officers may stop recording when the arrestee is cooperative and safely secured inside a police car or law enforcement facility. If an arrestee becomes uncooperative, or if there is some evidentiary purpose, officers should resume recording in the event made. (b) If an officer resumes recording, the camera should remain recording until the officer no longer has contact with the subject. 450.5.3 SUSPECT INTERVIEWS (a) Officers are encouraged to fully record suspect interviews. Officers should not stop and start the recording during a suspect interview. (b) When recording interviews, officers should ensure they record any admonishments prior to the start of an interview. Portable AudioNideo Recorders - 484 Printed Date: 2015/05/16 ***[)RAFP** 1995-2015 Lexipol, LLC 2015-2016 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 21 M