Thank you so much.

I'm calling this meeting to order.

This is a Redmond City Council study session held on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026, commencing at 701 p.m.

All council members are in attendance tonight, as well as Mayor Burney.

There are two items on the agenda tonight police technology update and council talk time.

The draft uh eighth amendment to the council rules of procedures has been removed from the agenda following council direction last week.

The first item on the agenda tonight is a police technology update.

Here to kick off this item is police chief Darrell Lowe.

Welcome.

Thank you, Council President.

For tonight's presentation, uh I'll start with the uh Redman Police Policy section 341 for the public.

Uh our entire policy manual is available uh on the website, uh redman uh.gov uh front slash uh police, and you can see our entire uh policy manual.

Uh so policy section uh 341 deals with public safety technology and governance uh at a high level.

Uh the purpose of the policy is to respect privacy, civil liberties, and public trust uh and to make sure that it's consistent with both state law, city policy, uh, and our uh accreditation standards.

Uh the policy covers all public safety technology and it indicates that it will be used solely for uh law enforcement purposes.

The storage of uh data, the storage and retention of data uh as it relates to uh the public safety technology.

Uh it is uh CGIS, which is the criminal justice information uh system data security standards, as well as the city's cyber insurance carrier requirements, uh and those are the standards that we use to protect data from uh unauthorized access or breaches.

Um generally the uh data is not stored for more than 30 days, however, we uh comply with the uh state's uh retention policy.

So, for example, one of the uh first technologies that we'll discuss is uh body worn cameras.

Uh so that technology uh per state law is uh kept for 90 days uh if it's not associated with the case.

So uh all of our uh retention, uh like I said, is generally 30 days unless uh state law requires us to keep it for longer or if it's associated uh with an uh a criminal case, in which case that data is is retained throughout the um I'll say prosecution of the case until that case is resolved.

Uh that data uh is retained because that is um uh evidence uh and it it is also part of uh the discovery process, which is uh all of the information that we have to provide to uh the defense uh in that particular case.

Um as far as the uh review of data and who can uh access it, uh so uh access to all of these systems uh is logged in through uh password protected uh systems, uh two-factor authentication.

Um as I said, it is CGIS compliant, so it it uh lives within our network, uh which has the uh two-factor authentication uh and essentially the one sign on.

So when you sign into the city's uh network system, it requires two-factor authentication uh data systems that we utilize uh are uh I'll say behind that wall.

So two-factor authentication uh is uh a standard to get into the system, therefore it transfers to those systems uh that we use because it's uh behind uh that wall, if you will.

Uh as far as uh accessing the data, uh there is an audit trail for uh any searches that occur uh within those systems.

Uh so again as password uh protected to get into it, it then logs a uh date and time uh that the employee or the officer goes in to search it.

Uh and all of those systems require uh a case number and a reason for the search.

Uh so as part of the audit trial, we can go back and see who searched what when and for what reason.

Um and that is the the again the overall framework and and policy that covers um public safety um uh technology and data systems.

Uh the first system that uh I will uh talk about and uh have a couple slides for you, just uh high level for you to go back and review uh later.

It contains the high points of the system, and that is our uh body worn camera program.

Uh so all commissioned police officers are issued uh body worn cameras.

Uh uh it's a device uh looks like this.

It's a uh audio and video uh recording device, uh typically worn on the uh officer's chest or lapel.

Um it is uh activated uh on calls for service or uh any action, any type of uh police enforcement action.

Uh it also requires the officer to uh notify the individuals that they're being audio and video recorded, uh also consistent with state law.

It is against the law to uh surreptitiously record an individual without their knowledge.

So even though we are the police and we are uh in a public venue, the officer will say uh you're being audio and video recorded.

Uh individuals do have the right to uh uh request not to be recorded, um, and so that is uh something that the officer must uh must also consider uh depending upon the type of interaction uh that they're engaged in.

Uh the video from it is uh 1080p high resolution.

Uh there is a buffer um uh in the system.

So uh the body worn camera system uh also coincides with the uh in car camera system.

Uh so in of our in our police cars, we have uh in car cameras that record uh forward.

Uh so the typical dash cam that you see.

We also have one interior in the car, which records uh inside the back what I'll call the suspect area.

So if a person is arrested, uh the back area where they are transported uh is also uh audio and video recorded uh inside the vehicles when the camera is activated.

Uh there is a uh red light uh indicating that the cameras are on, uh similar to what you would see on a uh television camera or a studio, that type of thing.

So again, uh there is no uh peekaboo a person knows that they are uh being recorded as indicated uh by that camera.

Um as far as the uh storage of that, uh all of the uh videos from both the uh body worn and NCAR camera uh are uploaded into our digital evidence uh management system.

It is a uh encrypted uh cloud-based uh storage system, and then as I previously mentioned, uh it is retained um uh in accordance with uh state law or with the uh particular case that is associated with.

Uh as far as the uh materials uh from the body worn cameras, uh they're used in a number of um uh instances.

Uh obviously to uh support investigations.

It's also used for uh uses of force.

So all uses of force uh are documented and reviewed by a supervisor uh at the uh ground level.

We also have an internal review process where it goes through a review committee and then ultimately it uh works its way up to uh up the chain to ultimately be signed off uh by myself, the chief of police uh to ensure that it is uh consistent with both policy and law.

Uh it's also used in uh cases uh as far as uh for evidentiary value uh and also uh in court.

Um so body worn cameras uh are a huge uh both accountability and transparency uh tool for both the uh police department uh in the community uh because again it it records uh you know uh what occurs uh in real time.

Uh so we're able to go back and look at it uh both to um I'll say if there's a complaint we can utilize it, we can also use uh utilize it uh to exonerate an officer.