Section 22-C5610. ELECTRONIC RECORDING SECURITY AND ALARM SYSTEM

 

5610.1A dispensary or cultivation center shall be required to operate and maintain in good working order a twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) days a week, a closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system on the premises that complies with the following minimum standards:

(a)Visually records and monitors all building entrances and exits, all parking lot areas, rear alley areas immediately adjacent to the building, and covers the entire inside of the facility, including all limited access areas, and including all areas where medical marijuana is cultivated, stored, dispensed, or destroyed.  Fixed cameras shall be installed to provide a consistent recorded image of these areas.  The cultivation center or dispensary shall instruct the company or individuals installing the surveillance cameras to maximize the quality of facial and body images and to avoid backlighting and physical obstructions;

 

(b)Cameras installed outdoors and in low-light interior areas shall be day/night cameras  with a minimum resolution of six hundred (600) lines per inch (analog) or D1 (IP) and a minimum light factor requirement of seven tenths (0.7) LUX.  The installation of additional lighting may be required to increase picture clarity and brightness.  Cameras shall be calibrated and focused to maximize the quality of the recorded image;

 

(c)The recording device shall be a digital video recorder that meets the following minimum standards:

 

(1)  Displays a date and time stamp on all recorded video; and

 

(2)  Can produce a video disc (CD/DVD) directly from the DVR unit using an installed media recording drive.  The  video on the disc shall be viewable on any Windows PC,  and include any required player software on the disc;

 

(d)A display monitor with a minimum screen size of twelve inches (12 in.) inches shall be connected to the electronic recording security system at all times;

 

(e)Electronic recording security systems are required to be maintained in good working order at all times.  The owner of a cultivation center or dispensary shall instruct each manager, employee, or agent overseeing the functioning of the video recording security system to immediately report any malfunctioning or technical problems with the system;

 

(f)Security recordings shall meet the following minimum requirements:

 

(1)  The recorded image resolution shall be at least D1; and

 

(2)  The recorded image frame rate shall be at least three (3) frames per

second during alarm or motion based recording.

 

(g)Security recordings shall be retained by the cultivation center or dispensary for a minimum of thirty (30) days.  The recording system for the security cameras must be located in a locked, tamper-proof compartment.  A cultivation center or dispensary shall be prohibited from taping over existing security video from the last thirty (30) days; and

(h)Upon request, the recording shall be turned over to MPD or the Department.

 

5610.2A dispensary or cultivation center shall install, maintain, and use a professionally monitored robbery and burglary alarm system; which meet the following requirements:

 

(a)   The control panel shall be a UL listed burglar alarm control panel;

 

(b)   The system shall report to a UL listed central monitoring station;

 

(c)   A test signal shall be transmitted to the central station every twenty-four (24) hours;

 

(d) At a minimum, the system shall provide coverage of all facility entrances and exits, rooms with exterior windows, rooms with exterior walls or walls shared with other facility tenants, roof hatches, skylights, and storage room(s) that contain safe(s);

 

(e)  The system shall include at least one (1) holdup alarm for staff use; and

 

(f)  The system shall be inspected and all devices tested annually by a

qualified alarm vendor.

 

5610.3 A dispensary or cultivation center shall maintain for a period of three (3) years reports of incidents that triggered an alarm.  Such reports shall be    made available to the Department during any inspection of the facility.  A    dispensary or cultivation center shall notify the Department by electronic    means within twenty-four (24) hours of any incident in which a theft,    burglary, robbery, or break in occurred, whether or not items were actually   removed from the facility.  The facility manager shall follow up the initial    notice with a written report describing in detail the factual circumstances    surrounding the incident and include an inventory of all stolen items, if    applicable.

 

authority

The Mayor, pursuant to section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1671.01, et. seq. (2011 Supp.)).

source

Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10204 (December 2, 2011).