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Newport News Police Department
3. Supervisors conducting these reviews will document the review results and forward them to their chain
of command and the Internal Affairs Division. Any video revealing possible training issues will also be
forwarded to the Training Section. A copy of the email will be sent to the recording officer.
4. Any viewing of body-worn camera recorded video not otherwise covered in this policy will be
conducted as authorized by the Chief of Police or designee.
I. Review for Training Purposes
1. Field training officers may use media captured via the body-worn camera to provide immediate
training to recruits and assist with completing the Daily Observation Report.
2. With approval, recordings may be used for training in either roll call or classroom events. The
supervisor or instructor wanting to use the video must submit a written request, including the
incident information and explanation of its use as a training aid, to their chain of command. If the
video is meant to be used department-wide, the academy director must also approve the video for
use. If an instructor requests the video for use in training conducted with non-NNPD, approval from
the Chief of Police or designee is required.
J. Release
1. When appropriate, court orders preventing or limiting the dissemination of a body-worn camera
video recording shall be secured before distribution.
2. Body-worn camera recordings shall be treated like other forms of direct evidence and are subject to
discovery and disclosure under law.
3. Sharing Video Recordings
a. Officers will have access to all unrestricted, unclassified videos within the agency.
b. Law enforcement agencies requesting videos will be approved and shared by sergeants.
c. Non-law enforcement requests can be approved and shared by lieutenants.
K. Request for Copies and/or Access to Body-worn Camera Video Files
1. Requests for a body-worn camera file should be made before the end of the 30-day retention period.
All lawful copy requests for an existing body-worn camera file will be honored according to the
department-approved protocol for releasing information and compliance with state law governing
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
2. The Commonwealth Attorney's Office's written approval is required to release all body-worn camera
video files held as evidence. All other files will be released according to department procedure and
comply with state law governing FOIA requests.
3. When a request for a body-worn camera file is made from outside the department, the requestor is
noted in the comment dialogue box, and the original file is maintained in Evidence.com for one year.
4. All files requested by the Commonwealth Attorney's Office will be honored per governing state and
federal laws.
5. The release of any body-worn camera video recording to the general public is subject to the
parameters for release as defined in ADM-160 Privacy/Dissemination of Information.
6. Media Requests
a. All media requests for body-worn camera video files will be referred to and processed by the
Public Information Office. These requests will be processed following departmental policy and
comply with state law governing FOIA requests.
b. Due to the heightened privacy concerns associated with a video recording, body-worn camera
video recording disclosed to the media may be edited/redacted to preserve the privacy of
individuals unrelated to the case who were captured on a recording.
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