# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 10 — Correctional Training Commission

### Chapter 07 — Body-Worn Cameras

#### Regulation .09 Discretionary Use of BWCs.

*COMAR 12.10.07.09*

A. A correctional unit may direct correctional officers and agents to activate BWCs when not otherwise prohibited to record:

  (1) Witness interviews, pursuant to agency policy on recording witness interviews using a BWC;

  (2) Events or circumstances where a correctional officer or agent reasonably determines that BWC recording is necessary to ensure public safety; or

  (3) Cell searches, clothed frisk searches of employees, visitors, and incarcerated individuals, and facility searches in accordance with a correctional unit’s policy.

B. A correctional officer or agent shall receive consent from an individual being recorded if required by law.

C. Following the conclusion of a discretionary use of the BWC, a correctional officer or agent shall follow the procedures outlined in Regulation .06 of this chapter.