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Pleasanton Police Department <br />Pleasanton PD Policy Manual <br />Body Worn Camera Systems <br />450.9 NON-CRIMINAL MATTER <br />Whenever members operating BWCS reasonably believe that a recorded contact may be of <br />benefit in a non-criminal matter (i.e., a hostile contact), the officer or supervisor may copy the <br />recorded media onto a disk and shall book the copy into evidence for safekeeping in addition to <br />uploading the file into the database. <br />450.10 REVIEW OF RECORDED FILES <br />Although the data captured by the BWCS is not considered Criminal Offender Record Information <br />CORI), it shall be treated in the same manner as CORI data. All access to the Evidence.com <br />is logged and subject to audit at any time. Members seeking to review BWCS recordings shall <br />log the reason for access in the “Notes” section (access to automatically time/date stamped and <br />records each accessbyname). Access tothe data from the system is permitted on a right to know, <br />need to know basis pursuant to (CCR, Title 11, Division 1, Chapter 7, Article 1, Section 702). <br />Members may view the audio/video data captured on their BWCS under the following <br />circumstances: <br />a) For the purpose of completing a criminal investigation and preparing reports. <br />b) Prior to or during preparation for testifying in any deposition, before any court or administrative <br />agency (i.e., DMV, ABC) or for courtroom presentation pursuant to direction ofthe District Attorney <br />or Department legal counsel or where authorized by the Supervisor. <br />c) For individual training purposes, with the authorization of a supervisor, or by an FTO when <br />providing training to a Trainee. <br />d) Prior to being interviewed in an internal departmental administrative investigation (i.e., internal <br />affairs investigations) only with the prior approval of the Division Commander, except as required <br />by the Peace Officer Bill of Rights Act (POBRA). <br />e) Upon request, in order to assist in responding to a public records request. <br />f) Members may not view another member’s BWCS recordings relating to an incident in which <br />they did not personally participate or are actively investigating, without the approval ofthe Division <br />Commander. <br />g) For use in social media for the purposes of investigation, community safety or suspect <br />apprehension only with permission of the Division Commander. <br />h) Officers involved in a critical incident (i.e., officer-involved shooting, use of force, in custody <br />death, vehicular collisioncausing injuries.) maybe permitted to reviewtheirown BWCS recordings <br />of the incident prior to providing a statement or written report as determined by the Division <br />Commander. There may be instances where permission will not be granted, such as prior to <br />obtaining a public safety statement following a critical incident. <br />All BWCS records should be reviewed by the Custodian of Records prior to public release. <br />Recordings that contain recordings of matters that would normally be considered private and/ <br />or personal outside the context of law enforcement investigation and which show an extremely <br />Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/06/10, All Rights Reserved. <br />Published with permission by Pleasanton Police Department <br />Body Worn Camera Systems - 422 <br />Attachment 2 <br />Page 380 of 674 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: B1798F31-93DB-4AB1-AC82-92BCF01B645C