Use of Body Worn Video

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Dear Crawley Borough Council,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the
information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

Please send me:

The details of your use of body cameras in your organisation –

Does anyone (staff or contractors) in your organisation use/wear body cameras or body worn video recording devices while performing their duties?
If yes, please detail:
Who provides the body cameras and footage/evidence management used by your organisation?
How many staff members use body cameras and what capacities/teams do they work in? Are they staff or contractors (for e.g. outsourced security personnel)
How many body cameras in all are currently owned and/or used by your organisation?
Were the cameras bought as a one off purchase and if so, how much did they cost your organisation?
If they are part of an ongoing contract - what is the current contract term (how long is it and when does it expire) and what is the value of said contract?
Where is the data recorded stored – on premises locally or on cloud?
Who is the point of contact for your body camera programme?

I would like the above information to be provided to me via email.

If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you
could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are
required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this
information is already in the public domain, please can you direct
me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the
grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with
copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that
information should not be treated as confidential if such an
agreement has not been signed.

I understand that you are required to respond to my request within
the 20 working days after you receive this letter.

I would be grateful if you could confirm that you have received
this request, preferably via email.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Lucy Johnson

Freedom Of Information, Crawley Borough Council

Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your request for information which is being considered under
the Freedom of Information Act.

 

You should receive the information requested within 20 working days unless
the Council does not hold the information or if there is a reason for it
to be withheld.

 

Please remember to quote the above FOI reference number in any future
communications.

 

Kind regards,    

     

Freedom of Information

 

FOI: 5553

 

 

 

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Freedom Of Information, Crawley Borough Council

Dear Madam,

 

Please see below for Crawley Borough Council’s response.

 

Regards,

 

Gillian Edwards

Audit and Risk Manager

01293 438384

 

EIR request No: 5553

 

 

 

Dear Crawley Borough Council,

 

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to
which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Please send me:

 

The details of your use of body cameras in your organisation –

 

Does anyone (staff or contractors) in your organisation use/wear body
cameras or body worn video recording devices while performing their
duties?

 

Crawley Borough Council Response

 

Yes

 

 

If yes, please detail:

 

Crawley Borough Council Response

 

 Civil Enforcement Officers in Parking Services & Community Wardens

 

Who provides the body cameras and footage/evidence management used by your
organisation?

 

Crawley Borough Council Response

 

Reveal

 

How many staff members use body cameras and what capacities/teams do they
work in? Are they staff or contractors (for e.g. outsourced security
personnel) How many body cameras in all are currently owned and/or used by
your organisation?

 

Crawley Borough Council Response

 

10 Civil Enforcement Officers wear cameras, Parking Services owns 12
cameras.  Six Community Wardens wear Cameras, They own 7 cameras.

 

Were the cameras bought as a one off purchase and if so, how much did they
cost your organisation?

 

Crawley Borough Council Response

 

Brought as a one off purchase, £11,822.08 inc VAT

 

If they are part of an ongoing contract - what is the current contract
term (how long is it and when does it expire) and what is the value of
said contract?

 

Where is the data recorded stored – on premises locally or on cloud?

 

Crawley Borough Council Response

 

On secure Crawley Borough Council servers

 

Who is the point of contact for your body camera programme?

 

Crawley Borough Council Response

 

Dan Holloway for Parking, [1][email address], Nicola Glemas
for Community Wardens, [2][email address]

 

 

I would like the above information to be provided to me via email.

 

If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could
contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise
and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public
domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if
necessary.

 

If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of
breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the
confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be
treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed.

 

I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20
working days after you receive this letter.

 

I would be grateful if you could confirm that you have received this
request, preferably via email.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Lucy Johnson

 

 

 

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