Body Worn Camera and Video Management
Major Steve Willis, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department
Phone: 704-619-3407
E-mail: Major Steve Willis
Body Worn Cameras are of extreme interest for Law Enforcement Agencies, Officers and the public. The CJIN Board has been exploring this topic for some time and have gathered a variety of information from various sources that will shed some light on the status of Body Worn Camera; NC Agencies (pilots, implementation, policies, etc.), Statutes and Ordinances (NC & Agencies across the Country), Presentations and Workshops (Numerous Agencies), etc. These documents can be found below.
Major Steve Willis of the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department has agreed to be the Advisory Member to the CJIN Board who will be the contact for Body Worn Camera and Video Management. If you have questions and need some additional resources or documentation, please call the CJIN Staff first.
Tthe Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee thanked the CJIN Board for bringing this to their attention and for facilitating workshops and presentations to address the Law Enforcement Communities’ concerns. Out of these workshops the Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee drafted a bill for Body Worn Video for the State of NC, that Bill on July 11, 2016 was signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory. To view the Law, please click here.
One of the primary concerns that has been determined though the various workshops and presentations given to the CJIN Board by Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department by Crystal Cody and Major Steve Willis, Lt. Justin Flint from the Greensboro Police Department, Captain Jeff Young from Hickory Police Department, Deputy Chief Mitch Cunningham from the Wilmington Police Department, Deputy Chief Anthony Marsh of the Durham Police Department, Deputy Chris Creech, IT Director at Wake County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. John Maultsby from the Raleigh Police Department, Lt. Ryan Hepler with the Rocky Mount Police Department, Kim Thomas, Criminal Investigator with the Fayetteville Police Department, Cameron Garner, Evidence Technician and Captain Jennifer Brame with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office and others have assisted the CJIN Board by sharing their experiences and concerns surrounding Body Worn Cameras. Out of those meetings and workshops one of the concerns is that of video management of the body worn camera footage; tagging of videos, record retention, cost of storage, etc. This concern will be explored in greater depth by the CJIN Board.
All of the aforementioned presentations, polices, statutes, ordinances, workshops, etc. can be viewed below:
NC Agencies (pilots, implementation, policies, etc.)
Body Worn Video Law for NC
Link to Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee Debate on BWC Part 1
Link to Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee Debate on BWC Part 2
Article on DPS Secretary Frank Perry on the Body Worn Video for NC
Article on NC Body Worn Video Bill will not be public information
Article on McCrory signing into Law the Body Worn Video Bill
Statutes and Ordinances (NC & Agencies across the Country)
Body Worn Camera Statue State of New Jersey
State of Virginia Criminal Justice Services Policy on BWC
Abington Police Department
Aquia Harbour Police Department
Ashland Police Department
Bedford Police Department
Berryville Police Department
Blackstone Police Department
Brunswick Sheriff's Office
Chesapeake Police Department
Chincoteague Police Department
Colonial Heights Police Department
Danville Police Department
Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office
Drakes Branch Police Department
Farmville Police Department
Ferrum College Police Department
Frederick County Sheriff's Office
Galax Police Department
Gordonsville Police Department
Greene County Sheriff's Office
Halifax Police Department
Hampton Police Department
Haymarket Police Department
Henrico County Sheriff's Department
Hopewell County Sheriff's Department
Hurt Police Department
Isle of Wright County Sheriff's Office
Kenbridge Police Department
Lawrenceville Police Department
Longwood University Police Department
Lousia County Sheriff's Office
Manassas Park City Police Department
Martinsville Police Department
Massanutten Police Department
New Market Police Department
Newport News Police Department
Norfolk Police Department
Orange Police Department
Patrick County Sheriff's Office
Pearisburg Police Department
Radford Police Department
Radford University Police Department
Regent University Police Department
Richlands Police Department
Roanoke County Sheriff's Office
Rocky Mount Police Department
Salem Police Department
Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office
Smithfield Police Department
Suffolk Police Department
Tappahannock Police Department
University of Virginia Police Department
Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department
Warrenton Police Department
Waynesboro Police Department
West Point Police Department
Wintergreen Police Department
Woodstock Police Department
York-Poquoson County Sheriff's Office
State of Colorado BWC Policies
Airway Heights Police Department
Bainbridge Island Police Department
Bay Area Rapid Transit Policy
Beaverton Police Department
Bellingham Police Department
Calistoga Police Department
Denver Police Department
Duluth Police Department
Fort Collins Police Department
Kentucky League of Cities Policies
Las Vegas Police Department
Liberty Lake Police Department
Madison Wisconsin Police Department
NC Conference of District's Attorney's BWC Policy
Parker Colorado Police Department
Phoenix Police Department
Anaheim Police Department
Poulsbo Police Department
Pullman Police Department
Washington DC Report Recommendations on BWCs
Rialto Police Department
San Jose Police Department BWC Policy Executive Summary
San Jose Police Department BWC Policy
Seattle Police Department
Spokane Washington Police Department BWC Audit
Spokane Washington Police Department BWC Draft Policy
Presentations, Workshops and Information (Nationally and Internationally)
ACLU Model Policy for Body Worn Cameras
ACLU Summary of Accountability
ACLU Individual Liberties
ACLU The Public's Right to Know
ACLU Questions for BWC Policy Review
ACLU Getting to Win Win Executive Summary
ACLU Getting to Win Win, Use of Body Worn Cameras In Virginia Policing
ACLU FOIA Letter
Homeland Security Today Article
Body Worn Cameras the Future is Here, from The Police Chief
Bureau of Justice Assistance BWC Implementation Checklist
College of Policing, Body Worn Video Guidelines
Cops and Body Worn Cameras, Phoenix PD's Lessons Learned
Implementing a Body Worn Camera Program, COPS Article
Force Science Institute Report on Body Worn Cameras
Guidelines for Body Worn Camera for Law Enforcement Agencies, Canada
Body Worn Video, Technical Guidelines UK
Surveillance Camera Code of Practice, UK
Digital Imaging Guidelines UK
Digital Imaging Procedure UK
International Association of Chiefs of Police BWC Model Policy
The Leadership Conference, BWC A Policy Scorecard
Non-Police Guidelines for BWC by Reveal Media
ACLU Body Mounted Cameras Article
Guidelines for BWC for Police Use UK
DOJ Office of Justice Programs, Police Office BWC
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Press Release
Primer on Law Enforcement Use of BWC by the DOJ Office of Justice Programs
Security Industry Authority Vehicle Notes
Subject to Debate, Newsletter Article
Body Worn Video Steering Group Guide to Implementation UK
UK Policy of CCTV
Technology Talk, Cost of Ownership BWV, British Columbia