3-06/200.08 - Body Worn Cameras-Activation

Department personnel shall activate their body worn camera (BWC) prior to initiating, or upon arrival at, any enforcement or investigative contact involving a member of the public, including all: 

• Vehicle stops;
• Pedestrian stops (including self-initiated consensual encounters);
• Calls for service;
• Code-3 responses, including vehicle pursuits;
• Foot pursuits; 
• Searches; 
• Arrests;
• Uses of force, including any transportation of the subject;
• In-custody transports of persons who are uncooperative, belligerent, or threatening;
• Suspect, victim, and witness interviews (except as indicated in the Manual of Policy and Procedures section 3-06/200.18, Body Worn Camera Recording Exceptions); and/or
• Any encounter with a member of the public who is or becomes uncooperative, belligerent, or otherwise hostile. 

Department personnel may activate their BWC for the following reasons:

• Transportation of a member of the public; and/or
• Other investigative or enforcement activities where, in the Department member's judgment, a video recording would assist in the investigation or prosecution of a crime or when a recording of an encounter would assist in documenting the incident for later investigation or review.