Body camera data policy best practices

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Open fileunderjeff opened 8 years ago

fileunderjeff commented 8 years ago

UPDATE: Assist with technical strategy for body camera policies and procedures. Background research and incremental policy changes since inception: http://www.khou.com/news/investigations/transparency/transparency/345006909

Research other cities with police body cameras, study their policies, and create a list of best practices for the City of Houston to follow.

christyleos commented 8 years ago

Found a few possibly useful links (although they aren't city based)

christyleos commented 8 years ago

neethinayak commented 8 years ago

christyleos commented 8 years ago

Hey @fileunderjeff @neethinayak what would be the next steps in making this document useful to the City of Houston?

srigdon commented 8 years ago

More resources:

Houston Police Department's Body Worn Camera Policy, dated March 24, 2016
Videos of informational meetings on HPD's adoption of body worn cameras
https://www.bwcscorecard.org/ <-- Ctrl+Find Houston in the table of contents. Seems useful, though their assessment doesn't seem to reflect the most recent HPD policy, listed above.
Independent Police Oversight Board for HPD
Brennan Center for Justice's map of BWC policies, though it's missing Houston's

fileunderjeff commented 7 years ago

KHOU did a big investigation into Houston's body camera policy. As a result, the policies are evolving. Watch it here: http://www.khou.com/news/investigations/transparency/transparency/345006909

I still think there is room for us to help, so we can refactor this project idea into something current.