# T015 — Benton County Marine Camera Status The [[Benton County Sheriff's Office]] gave two incompatible current-facing descriptions of Marine Unit camera capability: a direct FOIA email says the Marine Division has no cameras on its boats, while the live official unit page says it uses boat-mounted infrared cameras. The conflict could reflect stale public copy, removed equipment, portable rather than mounted devices, or different meanings of “has,” but the present record does not select among those possibilities. ## Statement A In the 2026-07-22 FOIA response, BCSO states: “our marine division does not have cameras on our boats” ([[Benton County SO Camera Locations and System Status]], Gmail message `19f8a34219dd9e6f`). ## Statement B The official Marine Unit page says the unit uses “boat-mounted radar, infrared cameras, and underwater sonar.” The page was live when archived on 2026-07-22 and carries a `2026-03-25` modification timestamp (primary public record, [official Marine Unit page](../../web%20archive/2026-07-22/sheriff.bentoncountyar.gov/marine-unit.md)). ## Why it matters The answer determines whether the initial response omitted an existing marine-camera inventory and related procurement, policy, maintenance, deployment, or retention records—or whether the official public page is stale or describes a capability no longer held. The same wording also affects how the investigation distinguishes current inventory from legacy capability claims. ## Resolution status `open` — resolve through a dated Marine Division asset inventory, vessel-equipment list, purchase/transfer/disposal records, photographs or maintenance records with dates, and a custodian clarification identifying whether the public page is current. ## Discovery Surfaced during the 2026-07-22 ingest by comparing the FOIA email to the live official Marine Unit page cited in the original request. ## Notes The sonar statements are not independently contradictory: the web page describes capability, while the email says sonar has not been deployed since a prior incident. Non-use over a period does not establish absence of the equipment.