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6.D. - Page 44 of 179 APPENDIX F BODY CAMERAS—MENLO PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT Body Cameras - MPPD Citizens Advisory Committee Report 2015!05107 The Citizens Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Menlo Park Police Department is comprised of residents of Menlo Park who have been invited by Chief Robert Jonsen to provide feedback to the Police Department about a range of issues concerning public safety, police department practices and proposals, and to bring issues of interest in the community to the attention of the Chief. Over the course of its 18 months of existence, the Committee has reviewed the use of several surveillance technologies employed by the MPPD, such as license plate readers, fixed cameras, and both audio and video recorders worn by police officers among other issues. Policy 450, Use of Audio/Video Recorders was reviewed by the Committee in January of 2015. Later that month, several members of the Menlo Park City Council expressed concerns about Policy 450, and asked Chief Jonsen to revisit Policy 450 with the Citizens Advisory Committee. The Committee met on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The sole topic of discussion was proposed revisions to MPPD Policy 450, Use of Audio/Visual Recorders (dated 2015102118). The proposed revisions were presented to the committee by Chief Robert Jonsen and Commander David Bertini. The use of body cameras by law enforcement occurs within a rapidly changing legal and ethical landscape that includes such things as: ■ a push from the highest levels of government to increase the use of body cameras by all U.S. police officers, due in part to the concern of alleged police brutality and the use of deadly force targeting minorities by white police officers, the illicit publication in social media of videos recorded by police officers, • the increasing use of video recorders by the public of police activities and arrests, ■ increased revelations of alleged government overreach in surveilling American citizens, ■ the theft or illegal disclosures of private information thought to be secure in public and private computer networks, ■ an evolving and highly nuanced set of opinions and guidelines regarding the use of body cameras from such as Lexipol, the Justice Department's Community Oriented Policing (COPS) office, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ■ widely differing practices and policies between police jurisdictions and state laws across the country, ■ concern regarding the widespread sharing of surveillance recordings between local, state, and federal agencies, ■ new innovations within the camera technology from increased battery life and video quality to the introduction of new software features, 1 of 6 2015-2016 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 40 83