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Secret Service directorates, divisions, branches, and/or offices will ensure that Secret Service personnel who operate BWCs or handle recorded data are trained in the use of BWCs, relevant BWC policies and procedures, and have completed all applicable refresher training prior to their authorization to use BWCs or access BWC recorded data. Training shall include the following:
 * BWC operation, maintenance, and care;
 * Correct handling of BWC recorded data;
 * Privacy compliance and proper procedures for redacting and sharing BWC data;
 * Required, judgmental, and non-permissible uses of BWCs;
 * Officer/agent and public safety considerations when wearing/operating BWCs;
 * Training on any significant changes to the laws, regulations, or policies governing the use of BWCs.

Recorded data captured using BWCs in the training environment will be utilized only as a part of the student instructor feedback process. Only authorized Secret Service instructors will utilize the recorded data for feedback purposes.

Upon availability of funding to support the acquisition of requisite equipment, supporting information technology infrastructure, and personnel to support implementation of this policy, task force officers (TFOs) who are assigned to Secret Service-led task forces will be expected to comply with the BWC requirements, responsibilities, guidelines, and general procedures established in this policy. Upon availability of requisite equipment, if a TFO assigned to a Secret Service-led task force does not have a BWC assigned to them by their parent agency, Secret Service will make a BWC and Secret Service-specific BWC training available to TFOs such that the TFOs are able to comply with this policy.

Until such time as equipment becomes available, Secret Service permits the use of BWCs issued by a TFO’s parent agency for use by TFOs who are assigned to Secret Service-led task forces. This policy provides parameters for the use of BWCs by such TFOs to the extent that a state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement agency requires BWC use by its officers during Secret Service-led task force operations.

For purposes of this policy, the term, “TFO BWC recordings,” refers to audio and video recordings and associated metadata from TFO BWCs made while the TFO is working under Secret Service authority, including state and local warrants adopted by the Secret Service.