1. Body-Worn Cameras

2. Scott Shellenberger State’s Attorney Capt
Scott Shellenberger State’s Attorney Capt. Joseph Conger Baltimore County Police Dept.

3. Baltimore County has launched a Body Camera Program

4. Currently 150 cameras in use on patrol officers on the street

5. Will run 150 cameras until July 2017 to work out the bugs

6. Full deployment expected
Starting July 2017, will roll out 20 cameras every 2 weeks until full strength at 1,435
Full deployment expected
by December 2018

7. Cameras Cameras purchased are the Taser Axon Flex
More information can be found on the website:

8. Cameras must be turned on during “enforcement action” and should not be turned off until enforcement has ended.
But, there is discretion, i.e. at citizen request

9. Policy
The Police Department’s BWC policies are available on their web site at:

10. Once an officer’s shift is over, they put Body Camera in a docking station that recharges the battery and uploads video to the Cloud

11. BWC Video
Once the video is uploaded, it will create a gold standard video that is uneditable.
While you will not have access to this original, it exists and can be viewed to prove authenticity if it becomes an issue.

12. Retention
The retention of video mirrors the retention periods of physical evidence in the property room.
Routine traffic cases: 18 months
Misdemeanor and serious traffic: 3 years
Most felonies: 10 years
Most serious felonies: indefinitely

13. SAO Access
SAO will have access to BWC footage when misdemeanors, jailable traffic charges or felony charges are filed or where a suspect has been identified whether or not an officer has brought charges.
SAO accesses BWC videos
through TASER’s Evidence.com
portal

14. Court Playing When no ASA
District courts have iPads
2 at Towson
1 each at Catonsville and Essex
Police can access their account
Clerks can get access

15. Greatly affects my office
Shielding
Personal information of witness
People in hospital
Identification of innocent bystanders
What has evidentiary value
Discovery
Court playing time
At the moments we have laptops
Working on a better fix

16. Shielding Examples Juveniles Witness’ personal information Nudity
Locker rooms/personal spaces

17. How do you access videos?
In District Court, discovery for BWC recordings will be handled through an authenticated link from Evidence.com that is similar to our existing ShareFile system.
Once you register for a free account at you can receive BWC recordings over the internet with the options to play or download them to your own files.
All future videos can then be accessed through that same account number.

18. How do you access videos?
If you have problems opening an account, or any Body Camera questions, please call and ask for the Body Camera Unit.
Unfortunately, we cannot incorporate Body Camera videos into regular discovery so you will get two discovery s.

19. Circuit Court Discovery
In Circuit Court, discovery will still be done in hard copy form and any BWC video that exists will be placed on a DVD or flash drive depending on the size of the file.

20. Staffing 2 new Evidence Specialists 1 new Attorney
Future??? Anywhere from 8 to 12 paralegals

21. Thank You!