# Record After the Fact (RAF) A WatchGuard body-camera capability described by Van Buren Police Department as allowing a master administrator to retrieve audio/video footage even though the camera was not in active recording mode. ## How it appears in the corpus Policy 2.34 defines RAF as: > `"A proprietary feature to WatchGuard that allow a Master System Administrator to review BWC footage even though the camera was not activated to record a specific event."` (`Policy 2.34 Body Worn Cameras.pdf`, p. 2.) The operational section says RAF allows the agency to retrieve footage `"even though the camera was not in activate mode"` (`Policy 2.34 Body Worn Cameras.pdf`, p. 8). ## Controls in Van Buren policy - Only the Master System Administrator may access RAF. - Chief-of-police authorization is required. - The administrator must submit a written justification before access and a follow-up memo afterward. - Officers whose image or voice appeared in reviewed footage must be notified. - Unauthorized access is disciplinary. - The chief must conduct a semiannual audit of RAF accesses. ([[Van Buren Body-Worn and Mobile Video Policies]], `Policy 2.34 Body Worn Cameras.pdf`, p. 8.) ## Stakeholders - [[Van Buren Police Department]] - agency whose policy documents the capability and controls. - [[WatchGuard Video]] / [[Motorola Solutions]] - vendor lineage associated with the system. - [[Jonathan Wear]] - chief named as authority on the produced policy edition. ## Timeline - 2021-06-30 - Policy 2.34 implemented. - 2025-08-21 - produced policy edition revised and reviewed. ## Notes The policy establishes that the capability is governed and available in Van Buren's system. The first rolling production contains no RAF requests, approvals, access logs, officer notices, or semiannual audit records, so actual use is not established.