La. Admin. Code tit. 42 § III-3305

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

Section III-3305 - Surveillance and Division Room Requirements

A. There shall be rooms approved by the division for monitoring and recording purposes.

1. The room for the exclusive use of the division shall be designated the division room. The room for the use of the employees of the licensee or casino operator shall be designated the surveillance room.

2. A riverboat licensee shall provide a secure and segregated room at the dock site for the exclusive use of division agents. This room shall be in addition to the division room provided for division agents on the riverboat. The dock site room shall be furnished with all necessary furniture and fixtures as specified by the division.

B. All equipment that is utilized to monitor or record must remain solely accessible to the surveillance room personnel and the division and be used exclusively for surveillance, except when such equipment is being repaired or replaced, unless otherwise approved by the division.

C. Employees of the licensee or casino operator assigned to monitoring duties in the surveillance room shall have no other duties.

D. The interior of the division room and the surveillance room shall not be visible to the public.

E. Room Requirements

1. Each riverboat and the casino operator shall have a minimum of 10 monitors in the surveillance room and three monitors in the division room.

2. Each eligible facility shall have a minimum of five monitors in the surveillance room and two monitors in the division room.

3. Each room shall have appropriate switching capabilities to insure that all surveillance cameras are accessible to monitors in both rooms. The equipment in the division room shall be able to monitor and record, without being overridden, anything visible by monitor to employees of the licensee or casino operator.

4. The casino operator shall equip the division room with two stations with switching capabilities and a video printer with capabilities outlined in §3301 of these regulations.

F. The division shall have absolute, unfettered access to the surveillance room at all times and the division shall have the right to take control of the room. Upon request, the division shall be provided copies of recorded activities and copies of any images.

G. The division room shall be furnished with all necessary furniture and fixtures as specified by the division, be equipped with a security radio and house telephone, and shall house a dedicated computer which provides computer accessibility for division agents to review, monitor and record data with the same functionality and specifications as provided in §2825 of Chapter 28 of this Part.

H. The surveillance room shall be manned at all times by a sufficient number of surveillance operators as approved in the internal controls. The division may require additional surveillance personnel should it be determined that an inadequacy of surveillance monitoring exists.

La. Admin. Code tit. 42, § III-3305

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Gaming Control Board, LR 38:1665 (July 2012), Amended LR 45581 (4/1/2019).

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