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SFPD bulletin requires written or audio-recorded consent for searches and directs officers to secure video evidence
Summary
A department bulletin announced at the July 13 meeting requires that permission-to-search be obtained in writing or audio-recorded beforehand and instructs officers to survey, document and secure any video evidence, including handheld phone video.
The SFPD chief briefed the commission on a department bulletin clarifying how officers must document consent searches and handle video evidence.
The bulletin requires that permission to search be obtained in writing on the department—s permission-to-search form or, if consent is oral, that it be audio-recorded before the search is executed. Previously, officers sometimes documented…
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