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Requests for BWC recorded data are subject to all applicable laws, regulations, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secret Service policies, including but not limited to the Freedom of Information Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 552a.
 * Requests from the public must be coordinated with the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs (IGL), Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) Program.
 * Requests from Congress must be coordinated with the IGL Congressional Affairs Program (CAF).
 * Requests from the media must be coordinated with the Office of Communication & Media Relations (CMR).
 * Requests from a United States Attorneys’ Office or another law enforcement agency must be coordinated with IGL and the Office of the Chief Counsel (LEG).

For each of the requests above, the respective offices will also coordinate with LEG, IGL, RES, the Office of Protective Operations (OPO), Office of Investigations (INV), Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information (SII), and the Office of Technical Development and Mission Support (TEC) as appropriate. Decisions pertaining to the release of BWC recorded data will be made by the Assistant Director/Executive Chief (AD/EC) for the coordinating directorate/office after notifying the AD/EC for each of the affected operational directorate(s).

Additionally, and as appropriate, DHS Headquarters offices may be notified by FOIA/PA, CMR, CAF, or LEG prior to external release.

If Secret Service BWC recording(s) depict conduct by Secret Service personnel resulting in serious bodily injury or death of another, to include deaths in custody, RES, in consultation with LEG, IGL FOIA/PA, and the United States Attorney’s Office in the responsible federal district, will expeditiously review the recording(s) and provide official concurrence with public release as soon as practical, unless there are specific and compelling circumstances justifying an objection to public release that cannot be resolved by redaction or other means. Upon official concurrence from RES in consultation with LEG, IGL FOIA/PA, and the United States Attorney’s Office, the Secret Service may immediately release the recording(s) with any agreed-upon redactions.

All recorded data captured using a Secret Service BWC is considered an official Secret Service record, and as such, must be handled consistent with NARA approved records schedule DAA-0087-2022-0001 and applicable policies of the Secret Service Record Programs Management Manual when it is moved to storage.