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6.D. - Page 34 of 179 APPENDIX C BODY -WORN CAMERA POLICY—FOSTER CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT Foster City Police Department Policy Manual Use of Audio/Video Recorders 450.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This policy provides guidelines for the use of portable audio/video recording devices by members of this department while in the performance of their duties. This policy does not apply to surreptitious interception of electronic communications for lawful authorized investigative purposes orto mobile audio video recordings (seethe Mobile Audio Video Policy). 450.2 POLICY The Foster City Police Department may provide members with access to portable recorders, either audio or video or both, for use during the performance of their duties. The use of recorders is intended to enhance the mission of the Department by accurately capturing contacts between members of the Department and the public. 450.3 PRIVACY All recordings made by personnel acting in their official capacity as members of this department shall remain the property of the Department and should not be considered private, regardless of whether those recordings were made with department -issued or personally owned recorders. 450.4 MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES Prior to going into service, each uniformed member will be responsible for making sure that he/she is equipped with a portable recorder, issued by the Department, and that the recorder is in good working order. Uniformed members should wear the recorder in a conspicuous manner. Any member assigned to a non -uniformed position may carry an approved portable recorder at any time the member believes that such a device may be useful. When using a recorder, the assigned member shall record his/her name, employee number and the current date and time at the beginning and the end of the shift or other period of use, regardless of whether any activity was recorded. This procedure is not required when the recording device and related software captures the user's unique identification and the date and time of each recording. 450.5 ACTIVATION OF THE AUDIO RECORDER Members should consider activating the recorder during enforcement stops and field interrogation situations and any other time the member reasonably believes that a recording of an on -duty contact may be useful. Once started, recordings should continue without interruption until the contact ends, if feasible. At no time is a member expected to jeopardize his/her safety in order to activate a recorder or change the recording media. However, the recorder should be activated in required situations as soon as practicable. use of AudlolVdeo Recorders - 278 Adopted: 2014/02128 0 1995-2014 Lempol, LLC 2015-2016 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 30 73