(A) Establishment. It is in the best interest of the city, to establish a Nonreverting Enhanced Access Fund within the budget of the Police Department.
(B) Sources of funding.
(1) The fund shall consist of fees collected under IC 5-14-3-8(h) or 5-14-3- 8(i), such as, but not limited to duplicate of a computer tape, computer disc, mircrofilm, law enforcement recording, or similar or analogous record system containing information owned by the public agency or entrusted to it.
(2) A fee collected for the copying of a law enforcement recording may be:
(a) Retained by the public agency; and
(b) Used without appropriation for one or more of the following purposes:
1. To purchase cameras and other equipment for use in connection with the agency’s law enforcement recording program;
2. For training concerning law enforcement recording; and
3. To defray the expenses of storing, producing, and copying law enforcement recordings.
(C) Uses of funding. The fund is a dedicated fund with the following purposes:
(1) The replacement, improvement, and expansion of capital expenditures.
(2) The reimbursement of operating expenses incurred in providing enhanced access to public information.
(Ord. 6-2024, passed 3-4-24)