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Retention period for surveillance footage in DOC facilities
4:38:01
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Council Member Diana Ayala inquires about the retention period for surveillance footage in Department of Correction facilities. BOC officials provide information on the standard retention time and procedures for preserving footage related to specific incidents.
- The standard retention period for DOC surveillance footage is approximately 90 days.
- For specific incidents, the footage is preserved and uploaded to a dedicated folder for BOC access.
- Council Member Ayala expresses concern that 90 days might be a short retention period for some cases.
- BOC confirms that in cases of specific incidents, the retention period is extended beyond the standard 90 days.
Diana Ayala
4:38:01
Just out of curiosity, how long does the surveillance footage how how long do they are they required to file it for to keep a copy of it?
Melissa Cintrón Hernández
4:38:08
I don't have that on the top
Diana Ayala
4:38:09
of my Katrina, do you remember?
4:38:11
You don't know?
4:38:11
Good
Katrina Blackman
4:38:14
afternoon.
4:38:14
Katrina Blackman, assistant executive Director of Monitoring.
4:38:18
So the footage that DOC preserves lasts an average of ninety days.
Diana Ayala
4:38:23
Would you agree that that's a short amount of time?
4:38:31
Is that too short amount?
4:38:32
I mean it's a lot of footage so I could imagine that it becomes a little burdensome but in cases where an incident has been reported that footage should be preserved a little bit longer.
4:38:48
Is that does that happen in those cases in case where we're talking about specific footage on an of an incident?
Melissa Cintrón Hernández
4:38:58
Yes, I believe it does.
Diana Ayala
4:39:00
It is extended?
Melissa Cintrón Hernández
4:39:01
I believe it does, yes.
4:39:02
And the department, the way when a specific incident happens, specifically at that, they provide the video to us by uploading it to a specific folder so that's where it lives.
Diana Ayala
4:39:14
Okay.