Taking Body-Worn Cameras to the Next Level: Integration, Coordination, and Optimization for Next-Level Issues and Investigations

Monday, October 16, 2023

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM PST

Location: Room: 1B

Submitter and Speaker(s)

John Markovic

Senior Policy Advisor
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Speaker(s)

Armand Lemoyne

Sergeant
Los Angeles Police Department, California
Los Angeles, California, United States
NP

Nick Petitti

Director of Business Intelligence
Rochester Police Department, New York
Rochester, New York, United States
Amy Tallakson

District Attorney
Orange County, California
Santa Ana, California, United States
Christopher Johnson

Operations Officer
New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Christian Quinn

Cyber & Forensics Commander (Ret.)/IACP Communications and Technology Committee, Cyber Security Sub-Committee Chair
Fairfax County Police Department, Virginia
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Damon Mosler

Deputy District Attorney (Ret.)
San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, California
San Diego, California, United States

In 2022, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) expanded its Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation (PIP) Program to fund three next-level BWC demonstration projects -- Digital Evidence Management and Integration, Optimizing BWC Footage in Prosecutors’ Offices and Using BWC Footage for Training and Constitutional Policing. In this session, representatives from agencies under each demonstration category will describe their projects’ goals and objectives, challenges, and emerging best practices. BJA’s Senior Policy Advisor will describe the support provided to each agency. This session will also show how BWCs can enhance agency legitimacy by improving evidence collection in field investigations, highlighting coordination with prosecutors in those investigations.