Baltimore County Field Manual
This online course reviews the Baltimore County Police Department Field Manual. Although the entire resource may be listed, you only need to study items listed on your test announcement.
Candidates have access to the materials for a period of six months from date of enrollment.
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Sample Curriculum
Welcome Assignment
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Article 1
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- FM Art 1
- 1-1.0 General
- 1-2.1 Delayed Response Program
- 1-2.2 CRITICAL CALLS FOR SERVICE
- 1-2.3 Calls for Service in Bordering Jurisdictions
- 1-3.0 General Investigative Procedures
- 1-3.1 Investigative Tasks
- 1-3.2 Conducting Investigations
- 1-3.2.1 Initial Investigation
- 1-3.3.1 Field Interviews
- 1-3.3.2 Interviews & Interrogations in Police Facilities
- 1-3.4 Handgun Search Procedures
- 1-3.6.1 Physical Surveillance Operations
- 1-3.6.2 Portable Observation Devices (PODS)
- 1-3.7 Tactical Unit Deployment Request (Pre-Planned Ops)
- 1-3.8 Investigative Responsibility
- 1-3.9 SUBPOENA OF RECORDS
- 1-3.9.1 OBTAINING TELECOMMUNICATION RECORD INFORMATION (TELEPHONE AND WIRE SERVICE RECORDS, CALL DETAIL RECORDS, ETC.)
- 1-3.9.1.1 EMERGENCY CELLULAR PHONE PINGS
- 1-3.10 METERS/NLETS/NCIC RECORD CHECKS
- -3.13.4 LINE-OF-DUTY CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS
- 1-3.13.5 INCIDENTS INVOLVING LIQUOR LICENSES
- 1-3.13.6 MEDICAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS
- 1-3.13.7 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
- 1-3.13.8 INCIDENTS INVOLVING FIREARMS
- 1-3.13.9 THREATS INVOLVING SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, OR STAFF MEMBERS
- 1-3.14 BIAS INCIDENTS
- 1-3.14.1 CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING BIAS INCIDENTS
- 1-3.14.2 INVESTIGATION OF BIAS INCIDENTS
- 1-3.15.1 ESCAPE FROM WORK RELEASE PROGRAM
- 1-3.15.2 ESCAPE FROM HOME DETENTION
- 1-3.15.3 VIOLATION OF HOME DETENTION
- 1-3.16 CONSPIRACY
- 1-3.17 GANG-RELATED INCIDENTS
- 1-3.18 MENTAL HEALTH/EMOTIONAL CRISIS RELATED ISSUES
- 1-4.1.1 GRAFFITI
- 1-4.2 MAIL/E-MAIL/TELEPHONE MISUSE
- 1-4.3 FIRES
- 1-4.3.1 ARSON INVESTIGATIONS
- 1-4.3.2 INVESTIGATION OF FATAL FIRES
- 1-4.3.3 OPEN BURNING COMPLAINTS
- 1-4.4 BURGLARY
- 1-4.5 THEFT
- 1-4.5.1 SHOPLIFTING
- 1-4.6 FRAUD
- 1-4.6.2 FORGERIES
- 1-4.6.3 MEDICAID FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS
- 1-4.7.1 VEHICLE THEFT
- 1-4.7.2 VEHICLE TAMPERING
- 1-4.7.3 VEHICLE/BOAT THEFTS
- 1-4.7.4 STOLEN VEHICLE/BOAT RECOVERY
- 1-4.7.5 VEHICLE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY
- 1-5.1.2 THREATS AGAINST POLICE EMPLOYEES OR PROPERTY
- 1-5.1.3 THREAT AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS/JUDGES
- 1-5.1.4 THREATS AGAINST VICTIMS/WITNESSES
- 1-5.2 DOMESTIC INCIDENT/ABUSE
- 1-5.3 VULNERABLE ADULT/ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION
- 1-5.4 RAPE AND SEX OFFENSES
- 1-5.4.1 DELAYED SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTING
- 1-5.4.2 SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
- 1-5.5 HOMICIDE CASES
- 1-5.5.1 DEATH AND MURDER SCENE SEARCHES
- 1-5.5.2 CONSPIRACY/CONTRACT MURDERS
- 1-5.6 ROBBERY
- -5.6.1 VERIFIED BANK ROBBERIES
- 1-5.6.2 FORM 208, INVESTIGATIVE GUIDE
- 1-6.1 NON-EVIDENTIARY CDS/PARAPHERNALIA
- 1-6.1.1 CLANDESTINE LABORATORIES
- 1-6.2 ADULT NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS
- 1-6.3 DRUGS IN THE WORKPLACE
- 1-6.4 DRUG INVESTIGATION DATA SYSTEM
- 1-6.5 SEIZED ASSETS IN CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE (CDS) CASES
- 1-7.0 VICE LAW INVESTIGATIONS
- 1-7.1 DECOY OPERATIONS
- 1-8.3 TAMPERING WITH FOOD OR DRUGS
- 1-8.4 BRIBERY ATTEMPTS
- 1-8.5 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGN VIOLATIONS
- 1-8.6 WATER RESTRICTION VIOLATIONS
- 1-8.7 DOMESTIC NOISE COMPLAINTS
- 1-8.8 IMPROPER OR MISSING ADDRESSES
- 1-8.9 EXPLOSIVES, AMMUNITION, FIREWORKS, INCENDIARY DEVICES
- -8.10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (HAZMAT)
- 1-8.10.1 CALLS FOR SERVICE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS POWDERS AND SUBSTANCES/POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (HAZMAT)
- 1-8.11 MEDICAL WASTE
- 1-8.12 RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
- 1-8.13 SIDEWALK SNOW REMOVAL
- 1-8.14 SQUATTER SITUATIONS
- 1-8.15 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING ANIMALS
- 1-8.16 SWATTING
- 1-9.1.1 DANGEROUS/HAZARDOUS ANIMALS
- 1-9.1.2 DEER KILLED ON ROADWAYS
- 1-9.2 SUSPICIOUS SUBJECTS, VEHICLES, NOISES, AND CONDITIONS
- 1-9.3 ALARMS
- 1-9.4 SICK OR INJURED PERSONS
- 1 - 9.4.1 THREATENED SUICIDE
- 1-9.4.2 AMBULANCE SERVICE
- 1-9.4.3 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AEDs)
- 1-9.5 SUSPICIOUS/SUDDEN DEATH, OVERDOSE, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
- 1-9.5.1 IDENTIFYING DECEASED PERSONS
- 1-9.5.2 RECOVERY AND REMOVAL OF DECEASED PERSONS
- 1-9.6 MISSING PERSONS
- 1-9.6.1 A CHILD IS MISSING ALERT PROGRAM (ACIM)
- 1-9.6.2 FOUND MISSING PERSONS
- 1-9.7 BAIL BONDSMEN/BOUNTY HUNTERS
- 1-9.8 GAS AND ELECTRIC INCIDENTS
- 1-9.9 RELINQUISHED FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND ACCESSORIES
- 1-9.10 ASSISTING THE BALTIMORE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PERMITS, APPROVALS, AND INSPECTIONS (DPAI)
ARTICLE 2 TRAFFIC PROCEDURES
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- FM Art 2
- 2-1.2 Crash Investigation
- 2-1.2.2 Vehicle Towing
- 2-1.3 Traffic Crash Investigators
- 2-1.4 Reporting
- 2-2.4 Serious Offenses
- 2-4.0 Alcohol/Drug Related Offenses
- 2-4.1.1 Preliminary Breath Test Devices
- 2-4.1.2 Evidentiary Breath Tests
- 2-4.1.3 Blood Tests
- 2-4.1.4 Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Program
- 2-4.2 Confiscation of Maryland Drivers License
- 2-4.3 Offenses Involving Commercial Motor Vehicles
- 2-4.4 Violations of Alcohol Restrictions
- 2-5.0 Off Road Vehicle Violations on Private Property
- 2-7.2 Stored Unusual Vehicles and Motorized Equipment
- 2-8.0 Inoperative Vehicles
- 2-9.0 Major Traffic Incidents
- 2-10.0 Traffic Control and Safety Devices
- 2-10.1 Speed Trailers
- 2-11.0 Parades and Special Events
- 2-12.0 Road Closure Program
ARTICLE 3 JUVENILE PROCEDURES
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- 3-1.0 GENERAL
- 3-2.0 INTAKE PROCEDURES
- 3-3.0 JUVENILE WAIVERS
- 3-3.1 DETAINABLE OFFENSES FOR DJS
- 3-4.1 JUVENILE WRIT OF ATTACHMENT
- 3-4.2 COMMUNITY DETENTION ORDERS
- 3-4.2.1 JUVENILE COMMUNITY DETENTION VIOLATION
- 3 - 4.3 JUVENILE ARREST WARRANTS
- 3-5.0 DELINQUENT JUVENILE CASES
- 3-5.1 TEMPORARY CUSTODY
- 3-5.2 INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES
- 3-5.3 JUVENILE NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS (NON-SCHOOL)
- 3-5.4 JUVENILE DETENTION ENTRY
- 3-6.0 CHILDREN IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE/SUPERVISION (CINA/CINS)
- 3-6.1.1 SAFE HAVEN LAW
- 3-6.2 CHILD IN NEED OF SUPERVISION (CINS)
- 3-7.0 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
- 3-7.1 PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSE
- 3-7.2 CHILD NEGLECT
- 3-7.3 SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE
- 3-7.4 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND COMPUTER-RELATED EXPLOITATION
- 3-7.5 REMOVING A CHILD FROM THE HOME
- 3-7.6 SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT CASES IN SCHOOLS
- 3-7.7 UNATTENDED CHILDREN
- 3-8.0 EMERGENCY MEDICAL ADMISSIONS AND PSYCHIATRIC COMMITMENTS
- 3-9.0 MISSING CHILDREN AND RUNAWAYS
- 3-9.1 MISSING CHILDREN AND RUNAWAY INVESTIGATIONS
- 3-9.2 RUNAWAYS
- 3-10.0 SCHOOL INCIDENTS
- 3-10.1 SEARCH AND SEIZURE
- 3 - 10.2 INTERVIEWING JUVENILE PUPILS
- 3-10.3 TAKING A JUVENILE PUPIL INTO CUSTODY
- 3-10.4 WEAPONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY
- 3-10.4.1 INTERVIEWS/JUVENILE STUDENTS
- 3-10.4.2 INTERVIEWS/ADULT STUDENTS
- 3-10.5.1 SUSPECTED CDS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING SCHOOL HOURS
- 3-10.5.2 SUSPECTED CDS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING NON-SCHOOL HOURS
- 3-10.5.3 ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING SCHOOL HOURS
- 3-11.1 REPORTS INVOLVING JUVENILES
- 3-12.0 FORM 117, JUVENILE REFERRAL/CUSTODY REPORT
- 3-13.0 FORM 117R, NOTIFICATION OF JUVENILE IN POLICE CUSTODY AND RELEASE AGREEMENT FORM
ARTICLE 4 ARREST, CUSTODY, AND COURT
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- 4-1.1 ARREST IDENTITY VERIFICATION
- 4-3.0 ARREST WARRANTS
- 4-3.1 ISSUING/RECEIVING ARREST WARRANTS, SUMMONSES, AND CIVIL ORDERS
- 4-3.2 SERVING ARREST WARRANTS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY
- 4-3.2.2 PRISONERS HOUSED IN THE BALTIMORE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
- 4-3.2.3 BENCH WARRANTS
- 4 - 3.3.2 FUGITIVE APPREHENSIONS
- 4-4.2 SCHOOL NOTIFICATION FOR ADULT STUDENTS
- 4-4.3 ARREST OF ALIENS/NONCITIZENS
- 4-4.4 ARREST OF FOREIGN NATIONALS
- 4-4.5 ARREST OF A SUBJECT WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS
- 4-4.6 ARREST OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS
- 4-4.7 ARREST OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
- 4-4.8 ARREST OF MEMBERS OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
- 4-4.9 ARREST OF BALTIMORE COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
- 4 - 4.10 ARREST OF ON - DUTY BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC (BGE) EMPLOYEES
- 4-4.11 ARREST FOR SERIES OF CRIMES
- 4-4.12 ASSISTING OTHER JURISDICTIONS
- 4-5.1 FELONY ARRESTS
- 4-5.2 TRAFFIC-RELATED ARRESTS
- 4-5.2.1 DUI ARRESTS
- 4-6.0 CRIMINAL/CIVIL CITATIONS
- 4-6.1 CRIMINAL CITATIONS
- 4-6.2 ADULT AND JUVENILE CIVIL CITATIONS
- 4-6.2.1 ADULT CIVIL CITATIONS
- 4-7.0 REPEAT OFFENDERS
- 4-8.1.1 SERVICE OF PETITIONS FOR EMERGENCY EVALUATION
- 4-8.1.2 TRANSPORTATION OF EVALUEES
- 4-8.1.3 HOSPITAL PROCEDURES
- 4-8.2.1 INTERIM AND TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS
- 4-8.2.2 CIRCUIT COURT TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS
- 4-8.2.3 FINAL PROTECTIVE ORDERS
- 4-8.2.4 VIOLATIONS OF INTERIM, TEMPORARY, OR FINAL PROTECTIVE ORDERS
- 4-8.2.5 PEACE ORDERS
- 4-8.3 BODY ATTACHMENTS
- 4-8.4 DETAINERS
- 4-8.4.1 HABEAS CORPUS WRITS
- 4-8.5 PETITION FOR CUSTODY, INTERROGATION, AND ARREST OF A JUVENILE
- 4-9.1 GENERAL REPORTING
- 4-9.1.1 NARRATIVE SUBSTITUTION
- 4-9.2 FORM 19, CRIMINAL DEBRIEFING GUIDE
- 4-10.0 SUMMONS PROCEDURES
- 4-11.1 DISTRICT COURT SCHEDULING
- 4-11.2 COURT LIAISON PROGRAM
- 4-11.3 COURT WITNESSES
- 4-11.4.1 JUVENILE, CIVIL, AND CIRCUIT COURT SUMMONSES
- 4-11.4 COURT SUMMONSES FOR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS
- 4 - 13.2 EXPUNGEMENT OF ARREST AND CRIMINAL RECORDS
ARTICLE 5 PRISONERS
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- FM Art 5
- 5-1.0 PRISONERS
- 5-1.1 PRISONER TRACKING
- 5-2.0 SEARCHES
- 5-2.1 STRIP SEARCHES
- 5-2.2 BODY CAVITIES
- 5-3.0 PRISONER HANDLING
- 5-3.1 HANDCUFFING OF PRISONERS
- 5-3.2 TRANSPORTATION OF PRISONERS
- 5-3.2.1 PRISONER TRANSPORT PROGRAM
- 5-4.0 PRISONER PROCESSING
- 5-4.1.1 SUICIDE SCREENING
- 5-4.1.2 HEALTH SCREENING
- 5-4.1.3 PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) SCREENING
- 5-4.3 FINGERPRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHING
- 5-4.5.1 BAIL HEARINGS FOR HOSPITALIZED PRISONERS
- 5-5.1 SAFETY/SECURITY
- 5-5.2.1 INCARCERATION LOG BOOK
- 5-5.3 DETENTION
- 5-5.4 SEGREGATING PRISONERS
- 5-5.5 PRISONER MEALS
- 5-5.6 PRISONER VISITATION
- 5-5.7 GUARDING PRISONERS REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION
- 5-5.7.1 PRISONER VISITATION AT MEDICAL FACILITIES
- 5-5.8 CLOSURE OF PRECINCT CELLBLOCKS
- 5-6.0 MEDICAL ISSUES
- 5-6.1 PEPPER AEROSOL RESTRAINT SPRAY (ARS)
- 5-6.2 SERIOUSLY INJURED/ILL PRISONERS
- 5-6.3 PRISONERS REQUIRING MEDICATION
- 5-6.4 NARCOTIC ADDICTS
- 5-6.5 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- 5-7.0 UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES
- 5-7.1 ESCAPE FROM DEPARTMENT CUSTODY
- 5-8.0 REMOVAL OF DETENTION CENTER PRISONERS
- 5-9.0 PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) OF 2003
- 5-9.1 PREA PREVENTION STANDARDS
- 5-9.2 PREA ARRESTS AND SEARCHES
- 5 - 9.3 PREA REPORTING
- 5-9.4 PREA INVESTIGATIONS
- 5-9.5 PREA TRAINING AND EDUCATION
- 5-9.6 PREA DATA COLLECTION
ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY ISSUES
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ARTICLE 7 EVIDENCE
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- FM ART 7
- 7.1.0 HANDLING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
- 7-1.1 EVIDENCE/PROPERTY RECOVERY BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS
- 7-1.2 TRIAL AND FINAL DISPOSITION OF EVIDENCE
- 7-2.0 FORENSIC SERVICES SECTION
- 7-3.0 FIREARMS EVIDENCE
- 7-3.2 PACKAGING FIREARMS
- 7-4.0 CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE (CDS) EVIDENCE
- 7-5.0 VEHICLES HELD AS EVIDENCE
- 7-6.0 HANDLING AND PACKAGING SPECIAL EVIDENCE
- 7-6.1 HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND NEEDLES
- 7-6.2 CLEAN-UP AND DECONTAMINATION
- 7-7.0 QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS EVIDENCE
- 7-7.1 SUBMITTING DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
- 7-7.2 QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
- 7-8.0 STATEMENTS AND CONFESSIONS
- 7-8.1 JUVENILE STATEMENTS AND CONFESSIONS
- 7-8.2 DYING DECLARATIONS
- 7-9.0 VISUAL INVESTIGATIVE AIDS
- 7-9.2 PHOTOGRAPH IDENTIFICATION
- 7-9.3 SHOW-UPS
- 7-9.4 FORENSIC ARTIST COMPOSITES
- 7-9.5 SKETCHES
- 7-10.1 JUVENILE POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS
- 7 - 11.0 WIRE OR ORAL INTERCEPTIONS
- 7-11.2 COURT ORDERED INTERCEPTION
- 7-12.3 MARYLAND AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (MAFIS)
- New Le7-12.4 FORM 136, LATENT PRINT REPORT FOLLOWUPsson
- 7-13.0 PHOTOGRAPHS
- 7-14.0 SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANTS
ARTICLE 8 REPORT WRITING
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ARTICLE 9 VEHICLE OPERATION
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- 9-2.0 CARE AND SERVICE OF VEHICLES DURING OPERATION
- 9-3.0 GENERAL VEHICLE OPERATION
- 9-3.1 DEPARTMENTAL VEHICLE CRASHES
- 9-3.3 VEHICLE STOPS
- 9-3.5 CHECKPOINTS AND ROADBLOCKS
- 9-4.0 EMERGENCY RESPONSE
- 9-5.0 MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUITS
- 9-5.1 MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUIT GUIDELINE MATRIX/RISK FACTORS
- 9-5.2 MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUIT PROCEDURES
ARTICLE 10 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
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ARTICLE 11 MAJOR INCIDENTS
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ARTICLE 12 USE OF FORCE/WEAPON SYSTEMS
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- FM Art 12
- 12-1.0 USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS
- 12.1.2 Use of Force
- 12.1.3 Form 253 Preparation Instructions
- 12.3.0 Use of Less Lethal Weapons
- 12-3.1 Conducted Electrical Weapon (CEW)
- 12-3.2 Beanbag Munitions Weapon (BMW)
- 12-3.3 Expandable Baton
- 12-3.4 USE OF PEPPER AEROSOL RESTRAINT SPRAY (ARS) New Lesson
- 12-4.0 FIREARMS
- 12-4.1 AUTHORIZED FIREARMS
- 12-4.2 SERVICE FIREARMS
- 12-4.3 PRIVATELY OWNED, DEPARTMENT-APPROVED FIREARMS
- 12-4.3.1 APPROVAL/QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR OFF DUTY USE OF HANDGUNS
- 12-4.3.3 APPROVAL/QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR ON DUTY USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED PATROL RIFLES
- 2-4.4 SPECIALIZED FIREARMS/WEAPONS
- 12-4.5 SHOTGUNS
- 12-4.6 PATROL RIFLES
- 12-5.0 HOLSTERS
- 12-6.0 WEAPON MOUNTED LIGHTS
- 12-7.0 FIREARMS DISCHARGES
- 12-7.1 INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
- 12-7.2 PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENTS
- 12-9.0 FIREARMS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
- 12-10.0 ARMED AIR TRAVEL
- 12-11.0 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT (LEOSA)
ARTICLE 13 JURISDICTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND AUTHORITY
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ARTICLE 14 PUBLIC INFORMATION
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ARTICLE 15 OUTREACH PROGRAMS
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ARTICLE 16 BODY WORN CAMERA PROGRAM
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- 16-1.0 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM n
- 16-1.1 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) Use
- 16-1.2 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION
- 16-2.0 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM RECORDINGS
- 16-2.1 ACCESS TO BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM RECORDINGS AND AUDIT TRAILS
- 16-2.2 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM RECORDING REDACTION AND REPRODUCTION
- 16-2.2.1 FORMAL REQUESTS
- 16-2.2.2 ABSENT A FORMAL REQUEST