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 BWC recorded data shall only be stored on a designated Secret Service-approved system or media. BWC recorded data shall not be downloaded or recorded for personal use or posted onto a personally owned device or website.

Unless instructed otherwise, BWC equipped Secret Service personnel shall ensure that all BWC recorded data is moved to storage in accordance with prescribed storage procedures. Supervisory personnel should ensure that BWCs are positioned and enabled to allow recorded data to be moved to storage at the end of each shift, and that all recorded data is properly notated, i.e., “tagged” to ensure efficient case and evidence management.

When recorded data is placed in storage, it is maintained for an initial period of 90 days. By the end of this 90-day time period (or sooner, if its attributes are readily apparent), each data file must be labeled with the more relevant of the following categories:
 * Non-Evidentiary Recordings that have No Further Business Use
 * Media files/data recorded by law enforcement personnel during the performance of their duties that are not determined to have potential evidentiary or exculpatory value; and which are not otherwise required to meet legal obligations, nor to initiate, sustain, evaluate, or provide documentation of agency actions.
 * Secret Service will retain this data for 90 days from the recording termination date of the event and then destroy it in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA0087-2022-0001-0001.
 * Recordings Voluntarily Requested for Longer Retention
 * Media files/data requested for extended retention within the initial 90 days of their creation by: a) any member of the public who is a subject of the video footage; b) any parent or legal guardian of a minor who is a subject of the video footage; and/or c) a deceased subject's spouse, next of kin, or legally authorized designee.
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0002.
 * Recordings Asserted to have Potential Evidentiary or Exculpatory Value and which are Requested for Extended Retention
 * Media files/data asserted to have potential evidentiary or exculpatory value in an ongoing investigation, which are voluntarily requested for extended retention within the initial 90 days of their creation, by a) the Federal law enforcement officer whose body camera recorded the video footage; b) any Federal law enforcement officer who is a subject of the video footage; and/or c) any superior officer of a Federal law enforcement officer whose body camera recorded the video footage or who is a subject of the video footage.
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded; or when use in agency mission/business operations ceases; or when the related case file(s) are closed, whichever is later, in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0003.
 * Recordings Related to a Use of Force
 * Any media files/data capturing an interaction or event involving any use of force, as defined in RTC-04(01).
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded; or when use in agency mission/business operations ceases; or when the related case file(s) are closed, whichever is later, in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0004.