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By department policy: no department employee will take any actions intended to damage or render any part of a camera inoperable, overwrite recorded data, or defeat the intended use of the cameras. Any member assigned to the Anoka -Hennepin Narcotics and Violent Crimes Task Force shall follow the section of the Task Force Operating Procedures and Guidelines Manual relating to Portable Audio/Video Recording Devices while assigned to the Task Force and working in that capacity. 411.05 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR RECORDING At no time is an officer expected to jeopardize his or her safety in order to activate the camera. Officers need not activate their cameras when it would be unsafe, impossible, or impractical to do so; however, the cameras should be activated as soon as practical. In such instances of not recording when otherwise required, it must be documented as specified in the Use and Documentation guidelines (section 411.04). Officers shall activate their camera when responding to all calls for service and during all law enforcement -related encounters and activities, including but not limited to pursuits, Terry stops of motorists and pedestrians, traffic stops, arrests, searches, suspect interviews and interrogations, transport of subject, and during any police/citizen contacts that becomes adversarial. Officers should not record in hospitals, detox, mental health care facilities, juvenile detention centers, a court of law, and jails unless the officer anticipates witnessing a criminal event or being involved in or witnessing an adversarial encounter or use -of -force incident. Except as otherwise directed, officers have the discretion to record or not record incidental general citizen contacts that do not become law enforcement -related or adversarial, and when a recording of the event would not yield information relevant to an ongoing investigation. Officers have no affirmative duty to inform people that a camera is being operated or that the individuals are being recorded. Once activated, the camera should continue recording until the conclusion of the incident or until it becomes readily apparent that additional recording is unlikely to capture information having any evidentiary value. The officer having charge of a scene can likewise direct the discontinuance of recording when further recording is unlikely to capture additional information having evidentiary value. Prior to deactivation, officers should state on camera Policy 411 Page 3 of 9