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 : engaged in activities protected by the First Amendment unless those conversations are clearly related to criminal activity.

Any excepted or prohibited activity as defined above that is unintentionally captured while recording an activity otherwise required by this policy will not be considered a violation. Secret Service personnel shall notify a supervisor when they become aware of an inadvertent excepted or prohibited recording.

Secret Service personnel who are authorized to wear BWCs will comply with the following:
 * Secret Service personnel will use only Secret Service issued and approved BWCs and shall not use personally owned video and/or audio recording devices in lieu of Secret Service issued BWCs to record law enforcement encounters as defined in this policy.
 * BWC users should not place themselves or others in dangerous situations solely for the purpose of recording an activity.
 * Use of Secret Service issued BWCs will be for official law enforcement purposes only, and the personal use of Secret Service owned BWCs is strictly prohibited.
 * Secret Service personnel shall not tamper with or dismantle a BWC, its hardware, or software components.
 * Secret Service personnel shall not use any device to intentionally interfere with the capability of Secret Service BWCs.

Additionally, Secret Service personnel who are authorized to wear BWCs are responsible for the following:
 * Ensuring the proper care, operation, storage, and safekeeping of their assigned BWC.
 * Ensuring that their assigned BWC is in correct working order and the battery source (if the system requires battery power) is fully charged.
 * Ensuring that they wear the BWC assigned to them. If Secret Service personnel inadvertently use a BWC that is assigned to another authorized user, the employee who inadvertently wore the camera not assigned to them must immediately provide written notification to their supervisor. This written notification should include an explanation of the circumstances that led to the incorrect BWC being worn, and the time and date when the incorrect BWC was used.
 * Ensuring their BWC is correctly positioned on their clothing in accordance with the approved methods specified by the BWC manufacturer’s guidelines and their directorate, division, branch, and/or office’s IOPs.
 * Immediately notifying their supervisor if they discover their assigned BWC is lost, damaged, stolen, or inoperative. Refer to the Administrative Manual section AOD-06, Lost, Stolen, and Damaged Property.
 * Ensuring that their issued BWCs are positioned and enabled to allow recorded data to be moved to storage after their shift has concluded.