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<br /> <br />Audit Requirement: Inventory of Portable Recording System Technology <br /> <br />Determine the total number of recording devices owned and maintained by the agency; a daily <br />record of the total number of recording devices actually deployed and used by officers, the <br />policies and procedures for use of portable recording systems by required by section 626.8473; <br />and the total amount of recorded audio and video collected by the portable recording system and <br />maintained by the agency; the agency’s retention schedule for the data; the agency’s procedures <br />for destruction of the data; and that the data are available to the public. <br /> <br />St. Anthony Police Department’s BWC inventory consists of twenty-six (26) devices. An <br />inventory of the total number of devices owned by the agency is maintained in a Microsoft Excel <br />spreadsheet. BWCs are assigned to individual officers. <br /> <br />St. Anthony Police Department’s BWC policy governs the use of portable recording systems by <br />peace officers while in the performance of their duties. The policy requires officers to ensure the <br />BWC is in good working order at the start of their shift. If the recorder is not in good working <br />order or the officer becomes aware of a malfunction at any time, they are required to promptly <br />report the failure to their supervisor and obtain a functioning device as soon as reasonably <br />practicable. <br /> <br />Peace officers were initially trained on the use of BWC’s during a Minnesota Peace Officer <br />Standards and Training (POST) certified training course. Newly hired officers are trained as part <br />of their field training program. <br /> <br />Officers working on randomly selected dates, and randomly selected calls for service, were <br />compared to Arbitrator 360° Back-End Client and the server log report and confirmed that <br />BWCs are being deployed and used by officers. A review of the total number of BWC videos <br />created per quarter compared to calls for service shows a consistent collection of BWC data. <br /> <br />The total amount of active BWC data is accessible in Arbitrator 360°. The server log report <br />details the total amount of BWC data created, deleted, and stored/maintained. St. Anthony Police <br />Department utilizes the General Records Retention Schedule for Minnesota cities and agency <br />specified retention in Arbitrator 360° Back-End Client. BWC video is fully deleted from the <br />Arbitrator 360° Back-End Client and local file server upon reaching the scheduled deletion date. <br />Meta data information is maintained on the server. BWC data is available upon request, and <br />access may be requested by submission of a data request form. <br /> <br />No discrepancies noted. <br /> <br /> <br />Audit Requirement: Use of Agency-Issued Portable Recording Systems <br /> <br />Determine if peace officers are only allowed to use portable recording systems issued and <br />maintained by the officer’s agency. <br /> <br />St. Anthony Police Department’s BWC policy states that Officers are prohibited from using <br /> <br /> <br />41