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and the total amount of recorded audio and video collected by the portable recording system and maintained by the agency, the agency’s retention schedule for the data, the agency’s procedures for destruction of the data, and that the data are available to the public. St. Anthony Police Department’s BWC inventory consists of twenty-three (23) devices. An inventory of the total number of devices owned by the agency is maintained in a Microsoft Excel document. BWCs are assigned to officers. The St. Anthony Police Department BWC policy that governs the use of portable recording systems by peace officers while in the performance of their duties. The BWC policy requires officers to ensure the BWC is in good working order and operational at the start of their shift. Peace officers noting a malfunction during testing, or at any other time, are required to promptly report the malfunction to their supervisor. Peace officers were initially trained on the use of BWC’s during a Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified training course. New officers are trained as part of their field training program. Officers working on randomly selected dates from the patrol schedule were compared to the server log report and confirmed that BWCs are being deployed and used by officers. A review of the total number of BWC videos created per quarter and a comparison of calls for service shows a consistent collection of BWC data. The total amount of active BWC data is accessible in Arbitrator 360°. The server log report details the total amount of BWC data created, deleted, and stored/maintained. The St. Anthony Police Department utilizes the General Records Retention Schedule for Minnesota cities and agency specified retention in Arbitrator 360°. BWC video is fully deleted from the Arbitrator 360° Back-End Client and local file server upon reaching the scheduled deletion date. Meta data information is maintained on the server. BWC data is available upon request, and access may be requested by submission of a Data Request Form. No discrepancies noted. Audit Requirement: Use of Agency-Issued Portable Recording Systems Determine if peace officers are only allowed to use portable recording systems issued and maintained by the officer’s agency. The St. Anthony Police Department’s BWC policy states that Officers are prohibited from using personally owned recording devices while on-duty without the express consent of the shift supervisor/officer in charge. An officer who uses a personally owned recorder for department- related activities shall comply with the provisions of the policy. No discrepancies noted.