San Diego County Sheriff's Department - Policy Section
Any deputy seeking to obtain information or conduct law enforcement/investigative activity (i.e. search warrant service, arrest warrant service, probation checks, surveillance, etc.) on tribal lands shall contact the Sheriff's employee designated as the Tribal Liaison for the Sheriff's station or substation of jurisdiction prior to such activity. (12-15-15)
6.130 LICENSE PLATE
RECOGNITION
It is the policy of this Department, as it relates to Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR), that the Sheriff's Department will maintain reasonable security procedures and practices including operational, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect ALPR information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. Additionally, the Department will maintain procedures that ensure that the access, use, sharing, and dissemination of ALPR information is consistent with respect for individuals' privacy and civil liberties. (8-15-2019)
6.131 BODY WORN
CAMERA
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department authorizes the use of Body Worn Camera (BWC) technology, with the goal of providing an additional layer of documentation for events, actions, conditions and statements made during critical incidents and to improve reports, collection of evidence and testimony in court. The use of the BWC technology is meant to assist and compliment Deputy Sheriff's and Community Services Officers in the performance of their duties and is not meant to replace or relieve the Deputy or Community Services Officer of his/her responsibility of submitting any and all required written reports.
All audio, images and media associated with the BWC are the property of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and will not be copied, released or disseminated in any form or manner outside the parameters of this policy without the express written release from the San Diego County Sheriff or his/her designee. Sheriff's Detectives assigned to conduct criminal investigations, creating a secondary copy of a BWC recording subsequent to an official investigation, are exempt from the above. Under no circumstances will any employee of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department make a personal copy of any recorded event. (06-03-21) SECTION 6 Operations