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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 24. PUBLIC SPACE AND SAFETY |
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Chapter 24-39. METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT BODY-WORN CAMERAS |
Section 24-3902. ACCESS TO BODY-WORN CAMERA VIDEO
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3902.1 The Department shall make unredacted BWC recordings available to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Office of Police Complaints.
3902.2 The Department shall make BWC recordings available to law enforcement or investigatory agencies, such as the Office of the Inspector General and the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, pursuant to the officers' or agencies' official duties. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit those entities' authority under existing law. The cost of any required redactions shall be borne by the Department.
3902.3 A FOIA request for a BWC recording shall only be submitted to MPD.
3902.4 The Department shall make unredacted BWC recordings available to the appropriate oversight committee or committees of the Council of the District of Columbia upon request of the committee or committees. BWC recordings in the possession of the Council shall not be publicly disclosed.
3902.5
(a) Pursuant to policy directives adopted under the authority of § 3900.3, the Department shall schedule a time for any subject of a BWC recording, the subject's legal representative, and the subject's parent or legal guardian if the subject is a minor, to view the BWC recording at the police station in the police district where the incident occurred; provided, that:
(1) Neither the subject, the subject's legal representative, nor the subject's parent or legal guardian if the subject is a minor shall make a copy of the BWC recording;
(2) Access to the unredacted BWC recording would not violate the individual privacy rights of any other subject; and
(3) Access to the unredacted BWC recording would not jeopardize the safety of any other subject.
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(l) To receive a copy of a BWC recording viewed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection, an individual shall file a FOIA request with the Department; provided, that there shall be no cost to the individual for the production of the BWC recording.
(2) Upon receipt of the copy of the BWC recording, the individual may further copy or distribute the BWC recording.
3902.6 An individual seeking to obtain a copy of a BWC recording not covered by § 3902.5 may submit a FOIA request to the Department for a copy of the BWC recording.
3902.7 The Department shall engage academic institutions and organizations to analyze the BWC Program; provided, that any such relationships shall require the protection of any information or unredacted BWC recordings.
3902.8 The Department shall, through a policy directive, develop procedures to implement this section and District law.