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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 21, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-b <br /> SUBJECT: 2017 Amendment to County Sheriffs Office: Records Retention and Disposition <br /> Schedule <br /> DEPARTMENT: Orange County Sheriff's Office <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> County Sheriff's Office Records Charles Blackwood, Orange County <br /> Retention Schedule Amendment Sheriff, 919.245.2900 <br /> Jennifer Galassi, Legal Advisor to the <br /> Proposed Standard-8. Program Sheriff, 919.245.2952 <br /> Operational Records: Sheriff Records, <br /> Item #10 <br /> Current Standard-8. Program <br /> Operational Records: Sheriff Records, <br /> Item #10 <br /> Excerpt from October 6, 2016 BOCC <br /> Work Session Minutes <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER-ONLY <br /> AVAILABLE ONLINE <br /> Records Retention and Disposition <br /> Schedule, dated November 15, 2015 <br /> http://archives.ncdcr.qov/Portals/26/PDF/ <br /> schedules/schedules revised/County S <br /> heriff 11-15-2015.pdf <br /> PURPOSE: To approve an amendment to the County Sheriff's Office: Records Retention and <br /> Disposition Schedule dated November 15, 2015 to reflect changes in North Carolina law <br /> concerning law enforcement audio and visual recordings, which went into effect on October 1, <br /> 2016. <br /> BACKGROUND: On April 7, 2015 the Board of Commissioners approved the County Sheriff's <br /> Office: Records Retention and Disposition Schedule. The Schedule determines the disposition <br /> schedule and retention periods that govern Sheriff's Office records. <br /> On October 1, 2016 the Department of Cultural Resources issued an amendment to Standard-8. <br /> Program Operational Records: Sheriff Records Item #10. The amendment responds to newly <br /> enacted legislation, House Bill 972, Law Enforcement Recordings/No Public Record, regarding <br /> law enforcement recordings, including recordings captured by body-worn and dashboard <br /> cameras. <br />