Regulation .10 Surveillance Operating Procedures.
Regulation .10 Surveillance Operating Procedures.LinkCopy Citation
A.
A facility operator shall submit to the Commission for review and written approval its surveillance operating procedures.
B.
A facility operator’s surveillance operating procedures shall, at a minimum, require:
(1)
Coverage of all areas and transactions enumerated in Regulation .09;
(2)
Contingency plans addressing:
(a)
Full and partial failure of the surveillance system including:
(i)
A contact list with telephone numbers for individuals required to be notified in the event of a failure; and
(ii)
Facility closure protocols; and
(b)
Planned shutdown of the surveillance system;
(3)
A surveillance incident log:
(a)
Maintained in:
(i)
A book with bound numbered pages that cannot be readily removed; or
(ii)
An electronic format equipped with software that prevents modification of an entry after it has been initially entered into the system; and
(b)
Documenting the scheduled coverage in §B(1) of this regulation and all other non-routine surveillance activity, such as:
(i)
The date and time surveillance is commenced;
(ii)
The name of the individual initiating, performing, or supervising the surveillance;
(iii)
The reason for the surveillance;
(iv)
Whether the suspicious activity involves an alleged regulatory violation or criminal activity;
(v)
The name, if known, alias or description of an individual being monitored;
(vi)
A description of the activity in which the individual being monitored is engaged;
(vii)
A reading on a meter, counter or device that identifies the point on the video recording at which the event was recorded;
(viii)
The time at which a video recording is commenced and terminated, if different than when surveillance is commenced or terminated;
(ix)
The date and time surveillance is terminated;
(x)
A summary of the results of the surveillance; and
(xi)
A description of the time, date and cause of any equipment or camera malfunction which occurred during the conduct of surveillance;
C.
A facility operator may not implement a change or amendment in its surveillance system or surveillance operating procedures approved by the Commission without the prior written approval of the Commission.