La. Admin. Code tit. 42 § III-3302

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section III-3302 - Digital Video Recording Standards

A. As used in this Section, a digital video (DV) shall mean: visual images of the natural world converted into numbers and stored on tape, digital video disk, or other storage medium, for later reproduction.

B. In addition to the requirements of §3301, the use of digital recording equipment may be authorized if the following requirements are met.

1. All DV equipment and systems used by a licensee or casino operator in its surveillance system shall:

a. record and replay activity in all gaming areas where cash is handled including, but not limited to, cages, vaults, count rooms, table games, and the drop process, at a minimum of 30 frames per second and in real time; and in all other gaming areas, a minimum number of frames per second as specified in the internal controls;

b. record, review and download simultaneously;

c. have visual image resolution of a minimum of 4CIF (common intermediate format) and shall be of sufficient clarity to meet division requirements;

d. maintain for a period of not less than seven days, or additional period as specified by the division, all images obtained from the video cameras;

e. have a failure notification system that provides an audible and a visual notification of any failure in the surveillance system or the DV media storage system;

f. have a media storage system that is configured so that a failure of any single component will not result in the loss of any data from the media storage system; and

g. be connected to an uninterruptible power source to ensure the safe shutdown of the system in the event of a power loss, and shall reboot in the record mode.

2. For areas where gaming is conducted, cameras not specifically addressed by the surveillance standards shall operate at a minimum frames per second as specified by the division.

3. Any part of the licensee's or casino operator's surveillance system that uses DV shall not use quads or multi-view devices to record activity in gaming related areas. In areas where the use of quads or multi-view devices are authorized, no more than four cameras shall be recorded on one DV device.

4. If the licensee or casino operator uses a network for the digital recording equipment, it shall be a closed network with limited access. The licensee or casino operator shall seek authorization from the division prior to implementation. The licensee or casino operator shall provide written policies on the administration of the network including employee access levels which set forth the location and to whom access is being provided other than surveillance personnel and key employees, and certifies that the transmission is encrypted, fire-walled on both ends, and password protected.

5. If remote access to its network by the provider is requested by the licensee or casino operator, written procedures shall be submitted to the division for approval. The remote access shall be encrypted, fire-walled on both ends, and password protected. A written report shall be generated weekly indicating the person given access, date, beginning and ending time, and reason for access. This report shall be reviewed at each end of the system to ensure that there has not been any unauthorized access. The reviewer shall initial and date this report.

6. All digital video disks or other storage media produced from the DV system shall have a visual resolution of 640 x 480 pixels or greater unless the division determines that an alternate visual resolution is capable of achieving the clarity required to meet the purposes of this Section; and shall contain the data with the time and date it was recorded superimposed, the media player that has the software necessary to view the DV images and a video verification encryption code or watermark.

7. Pursuant to the division's specifications and at the licensee's or casino operator's costs, the licensee or casino operator shall provide the division with the necessary software and hardware, to review a downloaded recording and the video verification encryption code or watermark, before the division's inspection and approval of the DV system. A watermark will be required to authenticate dates and times and validity of live and archived data.

8. The licensee and casino operator shall be responsible for the training of surveillance employees in the use of the digital system and the downloading of recordings for evidentiary purposes.

9. Surveillance room equipment shall have override capability over all surveillance equipment located outside the surveillance room excluding the division's surveillance room.

10. The division's surveillance room shall be equipped as specified by the division and fully functional with total override capabilities

11. Any failure of a DV storage media system, resulting in loss of data or picture, shall be immediately reported to the division, and shall be repaired or replaced within eight hours of the failure.

12. All DV equipment shall be located in the surveillance room of the licensee or casino operator, or other areas as approved by the division, and the surveillance department shall be ultimately responsible for its proper operation and maintenance.

13. A licensee or casino operator shall obtain prior authorization from the division before changing any portion of their surveillance system from an analog to a digital format. The request for authorization shall describe the change including when the change will occur and how the change will affect their surveillance system as a whole.

La. Admin. Code tit. 42, § III-3302

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Gaming Control Board, LR 38:1664 (July 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 27:15 and 24.