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audio technology. The committee reconvened to respond to these and other outstanding issues and developed the following additional project recommendations: Provide maximum recording coverage by installing equipment in all patrol and supervisor vehicles · Purchase equipment that includes the ability to retain video captured just prior to system activation to allow review of actions that precede event in addition to the event itself (pre-event recording) · Allocate at least 0.5 FTE for increased staffing level during initial implementation and for ongoing system management · Provide thorough training to ensure that equipment operation procedures are understood and successfully implemented · Articulate in the equipment request for proposal the values of high quality video imaging, integrity of data, reliability and durability, internal auditing capabilities and upgradeability The draft policy was approved at the February meeting and then used in securing Telecomm Tax funds for the project and in developing vendor proposals. Once a digital video system is selected, some portions of the policy will be updated to refine procedures that are specific to the technology in place. The committee will reconvene to assist the department in finalizing the policy and recommend the types of data that will be useful in an annual evaluation of the project. Uniform Standards In FY 04, a task group was convened to explore options to ensure that Eugene police officers are easily distinguishable from other public safety agencies in Eugene, campus security and private security employees. An Intemet search on the topic indicated that other cities have enacted ordinances and/or state legislation to address this issue. A two-prong approach was agreed to whereby a draft ordinance was prepared for presentation to the council and a modification to ORS to broaden the definition of criminal impersonation was developed. During this process, the commission discovered that a city ordinance on uniform standards could not be lawfully applied to the University of Oregon Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers. Nonetheless, commissioners agreed that an ordinance focusing on private security entities would be a proactive measure and recommended that the City seek a cooperative agreement with the university to mitigate the appearance similarities between EPD and DPS officers. A City Council work session to discuss the merits of the uniform standards ordinance was held on May 18, 2005. Council agreed to move forward with the draft ordinance and scheduled a public hearing for May 23. There was no public opposition to the ordinance at the public hearing and council unanimously agreed to adopt the ordinance at that meeting. The ordinance will go into effect in January 2006. In a related effort, Senator Prozanski introduced legislation on behalf of the Police Commission to expand existing statutory language on criminal impersonation of a peace officer. SB 547 was passed in both houses and was signed by the Govemor in June. 2005 Annual Report Page 3 of 8