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Police commission advances revised body‑worn camera policy to meet‑and‑confer after months of negotiation
Summary
After months of working‑group meetings and edits, the commission approved sending the revised Department General Order 10.11 (body‑worn cameras) to meet‑and‑confer. The order narrows deactivation exemptions, requires recording of on‑scene commands, adds airport‑specific provisions and tightens initial interview language.
San Francisco — The San Francisco Police Commission on Feb. 12 voted to send to meet‑and‑confer the San Francisco Police Department’s revised Department General Order (DGO) 10.11 governing body‑worn cameras (BWCs), after several months of working‑group meetings and negotiated language changes.
Commissioner Dean Benedicto, who led the commission’s working‑group process on the DGO, described the final edits and thanked working‑group participants from the Bar Association, the public defender’s office, community organizations and department staff. “I’m immensely proud of the DGO we have in front of us,” Benedicto said.
Key changes narrowed the department’s proposed deactivation exemptions to a limited set of “major and critical incidents” and added a requirement that the member ordering a tactical deactivation must record the resulting orders on BWC once safe to do so. The DGO also adds a specific circumstance requiring activation when an…
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