(A) By no later than December 31, 2022, all Operations and Uniformed Specialty Officers, or anyone operating in a uniformed capacity on a regular basis, of the Fort Wayne Police Department shall be required to use and maintain, as part of the standard uniform, an operational Body Camera, type as determined and implemented by the Fort Wayne Police Department.
(1) Initial trial of these Body Cameras shall be completed by December 31, 2020 ("Initial Trial"). At least 100 Operations and/or Uniformed Specialty Officers shall have fully operational Body Cameras as part of their standard uniform by December 31, 2021. All Operations and Uniformed Specialty Officers shall have operations Body Cameras by December 31, 2022.
(2) (a) Graduated recruit classes in 2020 and 2021 will not necessarily have Body Cameras immediately after graduation, but should be outfitted with the Body Cameras as soon as practicable and with all due haste. For graduated recruits from 2020 and 2021. all recruits shall be equipped with a Body Camera by December 31, 2022. For every graduated recruit class from 2022 and later, the Body Camera must be part of the uniform for each new recruit immediately upon graduation from the Academy.
(b) The program identified in this may be collectively referred to as the ''Body Camera Program."
(B) The FWPD shall update and amend the current departmental policy for appropriate usage of body camera for all Operations and Uniformed Specialty Officers who are equipped with body cameras. Such a policy, as amended shall clearly delineate the circumstances under which officers equipped with body cameras must activate their body cameras to record their interactions while on duty. The amended policy shall also reference discipline or punishment for any failure to follow the guidelines as outlined.
(C) The Fort Wayne Police Department shall provide and report the final departmental policy for the Body Camera Program to Common Council at a meeting of Common Council prior to the Initial Trial of the Body Camera Program in 2020.
(D) The Fort Wayne Police Department, through the Administration of the City of Fort Wayne and the Mayor, shall include all appropriate funding requests to support the Body Camera Program in its annual budget submitted to the Fort Wayne Common Council. All budgetary requests related to the Body Camera Program must be submitted to Common Council in line item form. Any budget request that includes items not related to the Body Camera Program may be declined at the discretion of Common Council with further instruction to specifically identify budgetary requests related to the Body Camera Program.
(E) Following the passage of this ordinance, the FWPD shall submit a quarterly report to City Council outlining progress on equipping its Operations and Uniformed Specialty Officers with body cameras pursuant to the timetable established in § 36.05 (A)(1) and (A)(2) and prior to each deadline in the timetable the Police Chief and/or his designee shall appear before City Council to provide an update on the Body Camera Program.
(F) If the Fort Wayne Police Department fails to satisfy any obligation outlined in this § 36.05, the Administration of the City of Fort Wayne or Common Council may request an order to comply with this Section 36.05 from Allen County Superior or Circuit Court.
(Ord. G-10-20, passed 7-28-20)