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<br />limited to, assisting a motorist with directions, summoning a wrecker, or receiving <br />generalized concerns from a citizen about crime trends in his or her neighborhood. <br /> <br />F. Adversarial means a law enforcement encounter with a person that becomes <br />confrontational, during which at least one person expresses anger, resentment, or hostility <br />toward the other, or at least one person directs toward the other verbal conduct consisting <br />of arguing, threatening, challenging, swearing, yelling, or shouting. Encounters in which <br />a citizen demands to be recorded or initiates recording on his or her own are deemed <br />adversarial. <br /> <br />G. Unintentionally recorded footage is a video recording that results from an officer’s <br />inadvertence or neglect in operating the officer’s BWC, provided that no portion of the <br />resulting recording has evidentiary value. Examples of unintentionally recorded footage <br />include, but are not limited to, recordings made in station house locker rooms, restrooms, <br />and recordings made while officers were engaged in conversations of a non-business, <br />personal nature with the expectation that the conversation was not being recorded. <br /> <br />H. Official duties, for purposes of this policy, means that the officer is on duty and <br />performing authorized law enforcement services on behalf of this agency. <br /> <br />Use and Documentation <br /> <br />A. Officers may use only department-issued BWCs in the performance of official duties for <br />this agency or when otherwise performing authorized law enforcement services as an <br />employee of this department. <br /> <br />B. Officers who have been issued BWCs shall operate and use them consistent with this <br />policy. Officers shall conduct a function test of their issued BWCs at the beginning of <br />each shift to make sure the devices are operating properly. Officers noting a malfunction <br />during testing or at any other time shall promptly report the malfunction to the officer’s <br />supervisor and shall document the report in writing. Supervisors shall take prompt action <br />to address malfunctions and document the steps taken in writing. <br /> <br />C. Officers should wear their issued BWCs at the location on their body and in the manner <br />specified in training. <br /> <br />D. Officers must document BWC use and non-use as follows: <br /> <br />1. Whenever an officer makes a recording, the existence of the recording shall be <br />documented in an incident report or CAD record of the event. <br /> <br />2. Whenever an officer fails to record an activity that is required to be recorded under <br />this policy or captures only a part of the activity, the officer must document the <br />circumstances and reasons for not recording in an incident report or CAD record of <br />the event. Supervisors shall review these reports and initiate any corrective action <br />deemed necessary.