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6.D. - Page 57 of 179 Finding #4 The Atherton, Belmont, Foster City, and Menlo Park Police Departments have developed written policies regarding the operation and data retention of body -worn camera systems as well as the protection of the rights of the community and police officers. Hillsborough is in the process of developing a similar policy. The respondent agrees with the finding. Finding #5 Many local law enforcement agencies that currently do not employ body -worn cameras acknowledge that these systems are beneficial and will likely be implemented in the future either voluntarily or by mandate. The respondent agrees with the finding. Recommendation #1 The Grand Jury recommends that the councils of those cities/towns that have not adopted body -worn cameras direct their respective chiefs of police to develop an appropriate body -worn camera implementation plan and advise the public of their plan by November 30, 2016. Refer to response to Recommendation #2 for areas where the Sheriffs Office contracts for law enforcement services. Recommendation #2 The Grand Jury recommends that the San Mateo County Sheriff develop a plan to implement body -worn cameras and advise the public of his plan by November 30, 2016. The recommendation will not be implemented by the specified date because it is not reasonable given the time frame provided by the Grand Jury. The Sheriffs Office continues to research best practices to determine the proper use of body -worn cameras, storage of video data, and policies related to its operation, deployment and use, while acknowledging that considerations such as privacy, legal discovery of evidence and internal investigation must also be weighed. The Sheriffs Office believes that it can benefit from observing and learning from other agencies' experiences in implementing their own body -worn camera programs and would like a reasonable opportunity to do so before implementing its own. Knowing that many of the aforementioned concerns are not yet resolved, the Sheriff is cautiously approaching implementing this technology and wants to ensure that these concerns are thoroughly examined and tested over time. The Sheriffs Office is currently deploying new generation in -car computer video. Over the next several months the Sheriffs Office will outfit approximately 80 marked patrol vehicles with in -car cameras; one forward and one rearward facing to include the backseat.