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Meeting Minutes
PRIVACY AND RECORD KEEPING SUBCOMMITTEE
LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY WORN CAMERA TASK FORCE
Date: February 10, 2022
Time: 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM
Place: Microsoft Teams (Virtual Meeting – access link posted publicly on mass.gov)
Subcommittee Members Present:
Hillary Farber, Esq., University of Massachusetts School of Law
Sgt. Tim King, Massachusetts Coalition of Police
Emiliano Falcon-Morano, Esq., American Civil Liberties Union
Subcommittee Members Absent:
Chief Steve Sargent, Worcester Police Department
Fred Taylor, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Alyssa Hackett, Esq., Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyers
Staff: Daniel Nakamoto, EOPSS (Board Advisor)
Comments by members on the Initial Draft of the Privacy & Record Keeping Subcommittee were received. These comments were reviewed by the Subcommittee.
- Will you be including issues related to Yusuf?
If there were going to be issues, they would be included in the section for standards for the identification, retention, storage, maintenance and handling of recordings from body worn cameras.
- Will you be addressing the issue of technology that requires the recording to begin automatically? (This would overlap with the technology subcommittee.)
There was discussion and agreement reached that until that technology was commonplace, it did not make sense to weigh in on the new technology as so few BWCs have this functionality.
- Have you concluded that, regardless of consent, the video should continue?
There was discussion and no agreement was reached. Emiliano agreed to offer a redraft for consideration. He noted that he was taking a vacation but would attempt to draft before leaving.
- Have you concluded it is necessary to provide different rules for when a police officer is not in the home on a law enforcement matter?
There was not agreement on whether such a circumstance would occur. Others supported the use of other rules for such a circumstance.
- Next Meeting
The next meeting was tentatively set for March 1, 2022 at 12:00 Noon. Daniel would poll all members to see if that time was acceptable.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:55 PM.